I’m tempted to interpret FOQUS as them trying to «fuck us» rather than having us «focus».
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MQA Update
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Roland68
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Is this really going to continue now?
or maybe it is Canadian for FUQ U.S.
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And it seems that more and more devices are being equipped with it. Perhaps there will be more announcements about this at the High-End this week.Is this really going to continue now?
Roland68
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Another big
Yes the IP has been sold forward and the new owner wants to make hay, behind all this is meridian audio's unsubstantiated idea about "apodizing filters" that was the name some decades ago this morphed into a part of the MQA concept ie it's filters ( MQA was more than that .. ) and is now continued into this form and is now productized this way .
At least it does not affect the playback material , we can use whatever we normally listen to and this is now a DAC specific process instead of fiddling with our music files and streams . Which is an improvement . It can be avoided by , not using this product or up sample in your source like ROON or something else ..
At least it does not affect the playback material , we can use whatever we normally listen to and this is now a DAC specific process instead of fiddling with our music files and streams . Which is an improvement . It can be avoided by , not using this product or up sample in your source like ROON or something else ..
Roland68
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And that's exactly what I doubt.
Who can guarantee us with such devices that these interventions can really be disabled and that no further intervention or any kind of manipulation of the audio material, output, etc. will occur?
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I will make sure to avoid any brand pushing this BS.
Likewise I don't understand your over the top enthusiasm for QRONO that you keep sharing every chance you get. The generic "listening impressions" you keep talking about are something many or most here will disregard out of hand.
And I have to be skeptical that your claim of not understanding the negative view is genuine. You have been around long enough that I would be surprised if you haven't run into a certain 1000+ page thread of negativity towards MQA on another site.
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Seems reasonable, and when v3 of the amp is released and the older generations left behind again.. buy another one
Hi there.
I guess people grew tired of the MQA debacle the last time around. Obfuscation surrounding the technology appeared to be the order of the day and many in the hifi community who were attempting to get to the bottom of what the MQA technology was doing encountered resistance for doing so. I never had any first hand experience of MQA so I'm just relaying my impressions from everything I read and watched online over the last few years. Here's an example:
[Repost] [Audio] The MQA Controversy: How an inferior format tried to take over the high-end audio market and caused major backlash - Lemmy.World
This writeup was originally posted to /r/hobbydramma in October 2022, and has since been deleted. This version has been slightly edited for improved clarity and to add some new details that have developed since I made the original post. Some Background on Digital Audio This section might get a...
lemmy.world
And another:
MQA: A Review of controversies, concerns, and cautions
Editor's Note 1: MQA ltd was sent a copy of this article several days prior to the scheduled publication date. The company requested a phone conversation, which took place earlier this week. MQA was encouraged to write a response for inclusion with the article below, but it respectfully decline t...
audiophilestyle.com
There's also a huge thread on here too which started with reference to the above article:
MQA: A Review of controversies, concerns, and cautions
https://www.computeraudiophile.com/ca/reviews/mqa-a-review-of-controversies-concerns-and-cautions-r701/
www.audiosciencereview.com
No offence, but with everything considered, I couldn't care less if their latest tech sinks without a trace.
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Kindly point us to "listening impressions" that aren't sighted (and thus useless as objective indicators of anything) and/or measurements that show how this
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Ah yes, GXAlan's phase measurements which were addressed in that very same thread that you linked to and which not only are certainly not audible, but aren't actually an MQA advantage.
And why would you move away from discussing MQA in a thread titled "MQA Update"?
Well you posted wondering why there is negativity. Hard to answer that without mentioning the decade of MQA Ltd causing the resentment.
I respectfully disagree. The company has burned many bridges amongst the hifi community, which is why I posted the links I did in my reply. My point wasn't about the new tech, but the company behind it. I was trying to answer your point: "I can't understand why the new MQA technologies are viewed so negatively". They brought it on themselves. Many people are naturally wary of their new tech and the hype surrounding it.
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