MQA is apparently a hoax

[navlefnuller]

This has got to be the most convincing video showing that MQA is truly “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, a hoax. I hope Deezer sticks with flac and do not force MQA on us like Tidal does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRjsu9-Vznc&list=WL

[Jeff07971]

Yup

https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?114405-MQA-and-its-problems&p=1019348&viewfull=1#post1019348

[psketch]

Yep - that's why I've dumped Tidal and gone Qobuz - nice, plain FLAC.

[amey01]

MQA have replied to this, so make sure you listen to their reply as well before you make up your mind.

[Jeff07971]

Their reply has been replied to also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHkqWZ9jzA0

[Wombat]

But i really have to respect the energy how coordinated MQA shills still spread the nonsense about lazy filtering and lousy upsampling is superiour because Bob says so.
The climax obviously are MQA CDs

[Zombie]

There are two VERY extensive threads at pinkfishmedia about it
And Radio Paradise uses it now

[Jeff07971]

I think with the advent of HiRes FLAC streaming MQA is a solution without a problem

[slartibartfast]

I think with the advent of HiRes FLAC streaming MQA is a solution without a problem

Even with CD quality FLAC streaming [emoji1787]

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[d6jg]

There are two VERY extensive threads at pinkfishmedia about it
And Radio Paradise uses it now

How one wonders? There isn’t that much pre encoded stuff available is there? Is it the same playlist as main mix?

[Man in a van]

How one wonders? There isn’t that much pre encoded stuff available is there? Is it the same playlist as main mix?

I've not heard the MQA Radio Paradise stream but as the MQA process can be applied to Albums in a "batch process" I guess that this is done to the stream.

Or, as Tidal is applying this "Batch Process" to all CD files it supplies, perhaps RP just uses that "converted" playlist

Or something

ronnie

[chicks]

I've not heard the MQA Radio Paradise stream but as the MQA process can be applied to Albums in a "batch process" I guess that this is done to the stream.

Or, as Tidal is applying this "Batch Process" to all CD files it supplies, perhaps RP just uses that "converted" playlist

Or something

ronnie

Kinda puts the lie to the "authenticated" part of MQA, doesn't it? No involvement whatsoever by the original musicians or mastering engineers in an automated batch process...

[Heuer]

There are three 'folds' IIRC that MQA makes to the file, two of which can be unfolded by software and the third fold requires MQA hardware.

It is a solution to a problem that really no longer exists for most of us - they were trying (in 2013) to reduce the size of high quality files like FLAC so they could be streamed over limited bandwidth internet connections. A strreamed FLAC file probably runs to 5Mbps maximum so for most homes today with fibre broadband there is no need to bother with MQA, just stream lossless.

They claim MQA improves the sound even though it is a lossy format and it could be the final result sounds better to some ears, hence the controversy.

[slartibartfast]

I've not heard the MQA Radio Paradise stream but as the MQA process can be applied to Albums in a "batch process" I guess that this is done to the stream.

Or, as Tidal is applying this "Batch Process" to all CD files it supplies, perhaps RP just uses that "converted" playlist

Or something

ronnie

So after they apply the MQA process to an album it miraculously sounds better I suppose. Or it sounds worse until you play it back on an MQA certified DAC to make it sound exactly the same as it did before [emoji3]

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[Man in a van]

So they apply the MQA process to an album

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I have to say that this is whot I read ont'interweb

But it make sense that it has to be a process similar to this, as doing a remix using the real, original master for each Album would be / is a time consuming process. If the masters still exist, can be located, still play

ronnie