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RE: Why Can't The Audio Magazines Do This?

In light of this MQA controversy, for those who think MQA is much less than Bob Stuart and others claim, I'd appreciate hearing their thoughts of Robert Harley's (TAS mag) early review of MQA where Harley said things like:

- "The sound of MQA, reproduced through a pair of Meridian DSP7200 loudspeakers, was simply stunning in every way."

- "I heard a wide range of music, from full-scale orchestral to voices to a very quiet piece by the Modern Jazz Quartet from the 1950s. I can still vividly recall the delicacy, ease, and resolution of the cymbals in the MJQ piece."

- "I was also struck by the precision of their placement and how they appeared to float in the air against a completely silent background."

- "The treble was totally unlike any other digital I'd heard, completely free from the metallic hardness and artifacts we assume are part-and-parcel of digital audio."

- "Instrumental timbres were so naturally rendered to be almost eerie in their realism."

- "Voices had a stunning palpability and immediacy that were all the more realistic for their compact image size and the sense that they were surrounded by a natural acoustic."

- "It's interesting that, as I recall the experience, my sonic impressions were so striking that they are still vivid nearly a year later—yet I can't remember any other demo I heard at the show."


Some questions might include:

1. What does this say about Harley's listening skills?

2. What does this say about Harley the man?

3. What does this say about The Absolute Sound mag for which Harley is editor-in-chief?

4. What does this say for the leadership of the high-end audio sector?





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