DanSmedra wrote: > I fully agree! John Darko makes an interesting point regarding the > future. > > Q. I guess. But hi-res isnt a panacea for a poor recording or master > though, is it? > > Darko: No, it is not. A bad master cannot be corrected by MQA and a > nicely mastered file streamed via good old Redbook will, all other > things being equal, sound better than a dynamically compressed master > streamed via MQA. > > The things is: all things are rarely equal. Its highly probable that a > Redbook file converted to analogue by an Aqua La Scala MKII ($6,000) > will easily better the SQ of that same song MQA-d but converted to > analogue by an AudioQuest DragonFly ($200-$300). > > Beware of those now kicking Redbook and CDs as a means to sell us on the > benefits hi-res audio. Many consumers wont have the hardware to > resolve the improvements. Many more wont even care.
Can we please keep this thread focused on how to listen to MQA via Tidal on a Squeezebox Touch? Discussions about subjectively perceived sound quality really belong in the "audiophile" section. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106754
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