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In the Forum: Didital Things
In the Thread: "Master Quality Authenticated" What is it?
Post Subject: MQAPosted by Amir on: 6/27/2016
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http://archimago.blogspot.com/2016/01/measurements-mqa-master-quality.html
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"So what is the meaning of Meridian/MQA wanting to convince us that the final sound should be "authenticated" if it's not really capable of ensuring actual sound quality? Well, all that is left in my opinion is a mechanism that locks consumers into a specific digital processing chain which controls the flow of data (thus "authenticated" as in "controlled"). IMO this whole mechanism is like creating a Rube Goldberg contraption to process audio signals with supposed benefits (smaller size for hi-res, putative improvement in time-domain performance) but at the same time apparently introducing technical limitations (being locked into 16-bits dynamic range is a significant one I think) and of course loss of freedom to use any DAC for the full experience. Honestly, I don't see anything all that positive except for Meridian/MQA benefitting from control over the closed ecosystem they create with potential royalties through software licensing, and in the hardware decoding side. A beautiful business model to generate revenue to be sure! All they need to do is create the hype, hope consumers bite, and manufacturers implement yet another feature..."



http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/beyond-high-resolution/

it seems it is not lossless

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