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Post by creimes on Apr 10, 2018 18:47:59 GMT -5
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Post by vcautokid on Apr 10, 2018 23:15:39 GMT -5
I agree with Keith and Schiit Audio, and also that there are so much more to hear MQA isn't implemented so in the big scheme of things to me it is a speck in the Galaxy and I really think it does not or will not make any difference to me one way or the other. Now on the subject of pale ales, and stouts and......
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Post by brutiarti on Apr 11, 2018 5:30:58 GMT -5
Pass.
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Post by bluemeanies on Apr 11, 2018 7:01:02 GMT -5
I have had the ability to listen to MQA for a few months now having purchased a monitor and a Mac Mini to stream TIDAL. To this day I have not bothered with MQA. Maybe I am just lazy. The fact is I am enjoying my system as is and MQA is really not important to ME.
Saying all of this I am anticipating receiving a new custom made SP14 tube pre with an external dac.
I feel...WHO NEEDS MQA!
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Post by pedrocols on Apr 11, 2018 8:12:31 GMT -5
Some folks will argue that to his/her ears MQA sounds less digital...😂😎
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Post by rbk123 on Apr 11, 2018 8:31:25 GMT -5
Pass.
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Post by earthboy on Apr 12, 2018 14:57:52 GMT -5
Seems to me that the main purpose of mqa is for some wannabe corporate overlords to gain ownership and control of music distribution. That alone is enough reason for me to shun it and I’m not even a pirate. The other part of this deal with the devil is that music is supposed to sound better. Better than what? Well, the original music of course. More precisely it sounds better than their remaster that you can never be allowed to hear lest you catch a glimpse of the man behind the curtain. No thank you! I’ll stick with bit perfect reproduction of known masters and leave the magic filter sauce to others.
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Post by geeqner on Apr 25, 2018 9:15:14 GMT -5
If I were buying a NEW DAC with Streaming capability - I would certainly want it to have the capability of properly-handling MQA AND OTHER existing "mainstream" formats. If MQA Support added a few bucks, but not an "unreasonable" amount - then I'd consider it (I've heard and been looking at Bluesound Node-2)
I would think that a Sound System (and for that matter, the ROOM in which it is installed) would have to be AWFULLY GOOD to really hear a significant difference between MQA and other high-bandwidth, high sampling-rate formats.
But if it had to be SOLELY-MQA, then at this point, "No"
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Post by rtg97229 on Apr 26, 2018 0:20:50 GMT -5
I listened to MQA on Ayre DAC then listened to the non-MQA version using an ARC DAC and the ARC playing non-MQA was significantly better sounding to my ears. MQA looks like a money grab intended just for streaming, something that I don't do anyway.
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Post by earthboy on Apr 26, 2018 20:28:53 GMT -5
But you didn’t listen to the same master. The MQA con artists people won’t let you.
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Post by Loop 7 on Apr 27, 2018 2:12:13 GMT -5
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Post by bootman on Apr 27, 2018 7:52:08 GMT -5
The LGv30 is a really nice sounding phone. Is it Stereophile class A nice? I don't know since I don't regularly read Stereophile anymore.  |
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Post by jra on May 2, 2018 20:43:12 GMT -5
Am I alone in thinking that MQA is a total rip-off ? Putting MQA in products and charging people for the licensing would diminish the utility of Emotiva products for me, not be a bonus.
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Post by novisnick on May 2, 2018 21:48:35 GMT -5
Am I alone in thinking that MQA is a total rip-off ? Putting MQA in products and charging people for the licensing would diminish the utility of Emotiva products for me, not be a bonus. You most likely are not but for me I am enjoying the sound. |
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Post by orangeLollies on May 4, 2018 6:14:57 GMT -5
Not sure I buy into the whole MQA sounds better (than 96/24 PCM) and all that PCM 'pre-ring' BS I've read. So for me, MQA is simply a way to effectively stream high-res audio using some fancy folding technique to lower bandwidth requirement. For that, I would pay an extra $50 if it were just a firmware upgrade, as I do have a Tidal account and use Roon for playback. In saying that, if the same high-res streaming efficiency can be achieved using another 'open or free' codec for PCM, then MQA just becomes a waste of money. Unless of course they can PROVE that the MQA render is somehow superior to PCM... but they haven't, which I can only guess is because they cant...
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Post by maxaudio on May 10, 2018 21:01:25 GMT -5
XMC-1 and RMC-X should both have MQA...
Then Emotiva can assure the optimum unfolding and processing of the content to provide the best possible performance of the master content throughout the decoding process to analog
Speculating about if either should have MQA is being ignorant of the competition is already providing MQA and the fact that the majority of all of Emotiva’s customers, are purchasing their gear to have access to the best listening experience possible, at a factory direct pricing
Don’t forget the mission this company was founded upon
Procrastination in the Digital age equals failure
Emotiva has been a huge success to date
Looking forward to the MQA release date and price
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Post by yeeeha17 on May 10, 2018 22:15:47 GMT -5
Man been waiting for them to release Atmos for the past few years and you want MQA!! Maybe in a few years
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Post by novisnick on May 10, 2018 22:33:46 GMT -5
Man been waiting for them to release Atmos for the past few years and you want MQA!! Maybe in a few years Perhaps MQA would be an easier install then Atmos! 😎 |
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Post by orangeLollies on May 11, 2018 4:48:48 GMT -5
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Post by brutiarti on May 11, 2018 6:30:52 GMT -5
Maybe we will see the DC-2 with MQA capabilities. But imo it will have the same faith as DSD.
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