Feel like? Empirically, you have 25% more than with a 12 oz bottle!
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Is MQA in your Future?
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Mystic
We're all born mad
Is there a not like button?
lizard84
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The whole key to that link you posted was summed up in the words
“ without MQA capability look like?”
They did comparisons and couldn’t be troubled to actually aquire a dac that had MQA capable for the evaluations? If you want to evaluate a codec do everyone a favor and actually have the proper equipment to preform a thorough examination.
As far as Qubuz is concerned, please by all means come to America, I’ll definitely subscribe. As of right now however Quboz is vaporware on this side of the pond.
Hopefully Qobuz has the financial backing to pull off the expansion and continue to still operate for the future because their survival was seriously in doubt a while back. It’s my hope that one of these lossless streaming outfits can survive long enough to attract a company with hugh money reserves to absorb them without depending on them to actually make money. That will probably be only way that any streaming,lossy or not can make it long term.
lizard84
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Actually I’m paying for Tidal lossless with MQA content as a bonus. Plus I get a military discount so I’m all good!
And damn, it sounds good!
And damn, it sounds good!
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mhardy6647
Lunatic Member
Good luck! It's like asking about Area 51 or Scalar Energy.
Mystic
We're all born mad
Good luck! It's like asking about Area 51 or Scalar Energy.
Or Godot.
The whole point of that link was about MQA size for streaming distribution and how it isn't a plus for MQA as they claim. No MQA DAC was required to do that analysis, it's purely on a data level.
DaveVoorhis
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The actress, the band, the non-character in the Beckett play, or the game engine?
Wait... The actress is Gadot, not Godot...
Mystic
We're all born mad
Wait... game engine?
DaveVoorhis
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lizard84
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lizard84
Abider
These golden eared audio gods probably couldn’t detect an actual watermark without a scope to show them it’s there. Smart money says they would be guessing at best.
I’ve had many friends admiring my system from both the audio and visual perspective and not once could anyone detect the source of the material as I switched seamlessly between rips, digital downloads and the stream controlling Audirvana from my iPad,
I’ve had many friends admiring my system from both the audio and visual perspective and not once could anyone detect the source of the material as I switched seamlessly between rips, digital downloads and the stream controlling Audirvana from my iPad,
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DaveVoorhis
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Sure, but the raison d'être for MQA -- at least from a consumer's point of view -- is that it supposedly requires less bandwidth than transmitting lossless content, but at the expense of being lossy. If it turns out that you can transmit lossless content of equivalent resolution with less or the same bandwidth consumption, what is the justification for MQA?Thankfully we listen to music, at least some of us do.
lizard84
Abider
Another option for our listening pleasure
DaveVoorhis
Addicted Member
Why is an inferior option desirable?
It's like having a choice between two different bottles for a craft ale: the existing bottle that keeps the beer fresh and tasty, and a new bottle that leaks but the bottle manufacturer claims it improves the flavour.
lizard84
Abider
Vaporware is the only other option to MQA streaming presently, full bodied MQA ale with a wonderful head on top vs an empty bottle potentially full of Qobuz on a date yet to be determined
DaveVoorhis
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If we're talking strictly about streaming, maybe. Downloads, definitely not. See https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/hi-res-audio-music-services
DaveVoorhis
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Cool. Which would you rather have -- high-resolution FLAC & DSD downloads, or MQA downloads?
Why?
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You would appear to be "guessing at best" by this statement since you have no idea what others hear or don't.
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