In Reply to: RE: Schiit don't think so either. And have explained it as they see it. posted by Bromo33333 on June 13, 2016 at 19:04:13:
All the relevant technical contributions associated with MQA, if any, were done a long time ago. They are no longer economically relevant due to progress in computer and communications technology, which has rendered bits so cheap that their is no longer any marketable economic benefit to formats whose only benefit is saving a few bits. Audiophiles need a new format like a fish needs a bicycle, especially since if it's proprietary. Audiophiles should resist this format as if it is the plague. It is part of a long tradition of signal processing scams that are oriented to solving technical problems rather than sonic excellence. Earlier efforts along these lines are Dynagroove, Dolby A, B and C, and MP3 and its spawn. They are all mid-fi at best.
If the technology behind MQA had been implementable cheaply 15 years ago it might have been relevant. Today, bandwidth and processing are so cheap that their is no need to pray tribute to failed inventors and failed inventions that missed the mark over a decade ago, even if the inventor is an AES Fellow.
Tony Lauck
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