In Reply to: From what I've read... posted by E-Stat on April 9, 2016 at 17:13:39:
Worse, it's a proprietary encode - decode process. This means that there is no way to encode these files yourself, unless you pay lots of money. This also means there is no way to decode these files unless you buy a special DAC.
If you purchase files that are already encoded you will be forced to play them in degraded form except with a licensed DAC. You will not be able to do any of your own DSP on these files, such as converting to a different format or performing room correction. MQA is hostile to computer audio.
Tony Lauck
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Follow Ups
- MQA is Hostile to Computer Audio - Tony Lauck 04/10/1608:49:58 04/10/16 (15)
- The Industry as a whole is HOSTILE to Computer Audio - AbeCollins 08:29:04 04/14/16 (8)
- RE: The Industry as a whole is HOSTILE to Computer Audio - Isaak J. Garvey 10:59:07 04/14/16 (7)
- RE: The Industry as a whole is HOSTILE to Computer Audio - AbeCollins 12:10:22 04/14/16 (6)
- RE: The Industry as a whole is HOSTILE to Computer Audio - Isaak J. Garvey 12:20:46 04/14/16 (5)
- RE: The Industry as a whole is HOSTILE to Computer Audio - BubbaMike 00:22:58 04/19/16 (2)
- RE: The Industry as a whole is HOSTILE to Computer Audio - Isaak J. Garvey 07:21:48 04/19/16 (1)
- RE: The Industry as a whole is HOSTILE to Computer Audio - BubbaMike 00:17:28 05/25/16 (0)
- LoL indeed Mr $6000 Reference Music Appliance - AbeCollins 12:39:46 04/14/16 (1)
- LOL! Were I to spend $6000 on a Reference Music Appliance... - Ivan303 17:16:17 04/14/16 (0)
- RE: MQA is Hostile to Computer Audio - navman 06:47:20 04/11/16 (1)
- I see no way that HAS to be the case.... - Ivan303 07:11:50 04/11/16 (0)
- Tony Lauck is hostile to anything he doesn't understand... - Ivan303 14:04:53 04/10/16 (3)
- Don't know about you, but - E-Stat 14:42:11 04/10/16 (2)
- I've heard MQA and heard one? of the talks at RMAF... - Ivan303 07:06:15 04/11/16 (1)
- RE: I've heard MQA and heard one? of the talks at RMAF... - Tony Lauck 08:28:43 04/11/16 (0)