tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post4909086888580243017..comments2024-03-28T00:31:13.472-07:00Comments on <em>Archimago's Musings</em>: MEASUREMENTS: MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) Observations and The Big Picture...Archimagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-26748442690918467262016-04-17T15:01:50.639-07:002016-04-17T15:01:50.639-07:00Excellent, Archimago. Thank you :)Excellent, Archimago. Thank you :)Richard @ BitPerfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06494815939640960187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-71561768564934666872016-04-17T14:50:41.704-07:002016-04-17T14:50:41.704-07:00Hi Richard,
All I can say is that I did not block...Hi Richard,<br /><br />All I can say is that I did not block anything at any time. In fact, as you can see I don't moderate the messages at all. The only time I ever erase any messages is when I see a clear case of spamming or if the writer posted something then deleted it and I just want to clean up any "residue".<br /><br />I do not know if Blogger erases messages on it's own.Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-78611022004881361932016-04-16T09:30:02.138-07:002016-04-16T09:30:02.138-07:00That's unfortunate. I'd have liked to hav...That's unfortunate. I'd have liked to have read Stuart's response to what has been a generally skeptical reception (at least on this board). <br /><br />I'm not sure how I'm supposed to interpret what you wrote. Is Blogger able to delete posts all by its lonesome (I don't think so)? Or are we to to suppose that Stuart deleted the post himself? The impression that Richard @ BitPerfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06494815939640960187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-73603735323821325252016-04-16T09:14:24.273-07:002016-04-16T09:14:24.273-07:00Since you asked Pelmazo... He did leave a message ...Since you asked Pelmazo... He did leave a message on the board here but was deleted. I did not block that or do the deletion. I actually know what he wrote because Blogger sent a copy of the message to me.<br /><br />Based on my reading of the post, I did not get the impression that much of what I have written is being contested and would be happy if more info were presented. His message did not Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-80184447117852033892016-04-09T03:06:38.173-07:002016-04-09T03:06:38.173-07:00Have you noticed Stuart's allegation that you ...Have you noticed Stuart's allegation that you blocked him from posting corrections? Has he tried to contact you?pelmazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323582619526317230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-11941412760016104572016-04-08T14:15:53.822-07:002016-04-08T14:15:53.822-07:00Yup. Thanks for the note Steven. I saw that :-).Yup. Thanks for the note Steven. I saw that :-).Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-20205876533701105272016-04-08T10:35:04.546-07:002016-04-08T10:35:04.546-07:00Stuart has replied, sort of , to this blog post
...Stuart has replied, sort of , to this blog post<br /><br /><br />http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/694-comprehensive-q-mqa-s-bob-stuart/StevenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08457350132948312910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-43461173450385512592016-02-04T14:18:25.797-08:002016-02-04T14:18:25.797-08:00Yes, of course 16/44 is fine for music reproductio...Yes, of course 16/44 is fine for music reproduction!<br /><br />But is it "perfectly fine" and how do we define "perfect" anyhow!? And is it fine for all situations and every DAC? (Remember, we got stuff like NOS DACs out there!)<br /><br />The stuff we're talking about in most of my blog posts are targeted at the "perfectionist" audiophiles and the minutiae justArchimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-74184091219616031822016-02-04T13:05:26.038-08:002016-02-04T13:05:26.038-08:00<<16/44.1 is perfctly fine for music reprodu...<em><<16/44.1 is perfctly fine for music reproduction.>></em><br /><br />Oh good, I'm glad that's all cleared up then.....Richard @ BitPerfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06494815939640960187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-16547103985781920392016-02-04T06:22:34.861-08:002016-02-04T06:22:34.861-08:0016/44.1 is perfctly fine for music reproduction.
...16/44.1 is perfctly fine for music reproduction.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIQ9IXSUzuMAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737038588241791545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-79513086877110241752016-02-03T09:21:54.808-08:002016-02-03T09:21:54.808-08:00Thanks. I have no need for a portable DAC as my iP...Thanks. I have no need for a portable DAC as my iPhone sounds fine (with RHA http://www.rha-audio.com/uk/ phones, not the Apple ones), but I don't have a serious DAC in my main system and it looks like the Mojo will do fine for that (and as a mobile DAC *if* I want). I like products that do more than one thing, especially if they do them well. <br /><br />I stream music from a NAS using a AudioSceptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17171552819065521350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-3495548113268881042016-02-03T09:19:35.054-08:002016-02-03T09:19:35.054-08:00Thanks for the comments Otto.
Indeed, 20/64 would...Thanks for the comments Otto.<br /><br />Indeed, 20/64 would be great as a music carrier. And yes, this whole "hi-res" monkeying around with different samplerates and PCM vs. DSD nonsense, now with the promotion of proprietary encoding like MQA is ridiculous. As you and Miska suggest, there's no need to stick with the "standard" bit depth and samplerates. A 20-bit depth (&Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-59338790575537172162016-02-03T05:43:01.900-08:002016-02-03T05:43:01.900-08:00Hi Archimago. First comment here. Found your blog ...Hi Archimago. First comment here. Found your blog a few months ago and have been catching up with your older posts. Lots of good, common sense, stuff!<br /><br />Like you, I'm finding the MQA premise dubious. It seems to be limited to 16-bit, so you are sacrificing bit-depth that might actually be useful for content > 22 kHz which few can hear. <br /><br />I think the whole hi-res industryAudioSceptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17171552819065521350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-23979688109921759142016-01-31T11:28:27.368-08:002016-01-31T11:28:27.368-08:00Re your reply at 08:40 Archimago. A p-value of 0.1...Re your reply at 08:40 Archimago. A p-value of 0.172 is not a 'slam-dunk' difference, it's not a difference <i>at all</i>. This really is quite important. Even a p-value of 0.05 merely indicates that the result might happen 1 time out of 20 purely by chance, and it's the highest level at which we should begin to consider the result as evidence.<br /><br />You got a negative resultCharles Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657251150380437112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-22601861245674480222016-01-30T17:30:40.354-08:002016-01-30T17:30:40.354-08:00:-) Indeed.
Pure subjectivity without mindful ev...:-) Indeed. <br /><br />Pure subjectivity without mindful evaluation of what's technically "proper" or "best practice" is often the path to madness... Sadly various subjectivists websites promotes this concept solely.Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-65665401545830630442016-01-30T12:42:44.165-08:002016-01-30T12:42:44.165-08:00You wrote: "The question really is Do you li...You wrote: "The question really is <em>Do you like what Meridian/MQA has done to the sound?</em>"<br /><br />That isn't always the whole story. Bear in mind that the 'loudness wars' problem arose because some people decided they <em>"liked what it did to the sound"</em>.<br /><br />Be careful what you ask for ... :)Richard @ BitPerfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06494815939640960187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-30523449792226681082016-01-30T12:27:58.300-08:002016-01-30T12:27:58.300-08:00:-) Armand.
Actually, if my suspicion is correct ...:-) Armand.<br /><br />Actually, if my suspicion is correct based on the listening test I posted, I think the MQA DSP "de-blur" effect will be more obvious than hi-bit MP3 vs. FLAC.<br /><br />The question really is "Do you like what Meridian/MQA has done to the sound?"<br /><br />Have a great listen!<br /><br />[And of course IMO, the truly big question is whether the market Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-45419430527272446382016-01-30T11:52:04.193-08:002016-01-30T11:52:04.193-08:00Archimago I will definitelly update you! But I mus...Archimago I will definitelly update you! But I must admit I failed in one of your blind test when comparing mp3 with cd rip (Pink Floyd -Time). So I need to train my ears..:)Armandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366486282347407975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-63134041081205550272016-01-30T10:43:17.901-08:002016-01-30T10:43:17.901-08:00Thanks Juergen. Added a little "Addendum 3&qu...Thanks Juergen. Added a little "Addendum 3" segment to the write-up. Decoded 24-bit content at least looking better in the noise floor. As I said in the little note, I'd be surprised if mainstream "listening tests" could ever report anything different from what "Morten's Notes" would suggest will be the order of preference.<br /><br />Considering with the Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-15362304134151081882016-01-30T04:37:40.347-08:002016-01-30T04:37:40.347-08:00Thanks Juergen for this link! This info is for me,...Thanks Juergen for this link! This info is for me, because I can't get blue light on my MQA capable Meridian Explorer2 when listening these 2L MQA files...:( <br />I use Audirvana Plus trial version. I have blamed Audirvana so far... but I have just seen news about releasing a new firmware at 4th of February which enables MQA decoding capability in Explorer 2. This confuses me since Explorer Armandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366486282347407975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-511952691065082912016-01-30T01:12:29.774-08:002016-01-30T01:12:29.774-08:00Nice addition to that on AudioStream:
http://www....Nice addition to that on AudioStream:<br /><br />http://www.audiostream.com/content/supplementary-listeners%E2%80%99-notes-2l-test-bench<br /><br />JuergenJR_Audiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547557948411188806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-21068541084391551112016-01-29T19:55:19.539-08:002016-01-29T19:55:19.539-08:00Thanks! I saw the post and looks like folks alread...Thanks! I saw the post and looks like folks already posing lots of good questions.<br /><br />The real question is how will Mr. Stuart answer and how deep he'll go into it... Hopefully we'll see soon.<br />Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-34750393208403647492016-01-29T19:53:51.029-08:002016-01-29T19:53:51.029-08:00Yeah. That's a worry. Hence the first question...Yeah. That's a worry. Hence the first question being what mechanisms are there for DRM - quite possibly embedded in the system already that we might not know about or activated yet...<br />Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-79286736509674158512016-01-29T15:42:51.366-08:002016-01-29T15:42:51.366-08:00I think that "authentication" will event...I think that "authentication" will eventually mean DRM. That's why it will be appealing to labels.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03035525237699355997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-48225258527652335962016-01-28T17:28:46.424-08:002016-01-28T17:28:46.424-08:00Hey, Archimago, now you can pose questions, both t...Hey, Archimago, now you can pose questions, both those that Serinus didn't pose, and others, to Bob Stuart, who's agreed to answer them (well, I guess at least look at them) over at Computer Audiophile http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f8-general-forum/your-chance-ask-bob-stuart-anything-about-mqa-27412/<br /><br />BTW I very much enjoyed reading this piece on MQA. Thanks.Gadgetyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408665507545437257noreply@blogger.com