In Reply to: RE: Yes, Of Course! Those Kindly Record Labels and MQA Only Have Your Best Interests in Mind. posted by Charles Hansen on October 26, 2017 at 17:56:33:
Greetings from Shanghai, Charlie,
Just wanted to add given that you're also a manufacturer...I think we all appreciate the importance of making money! Nothing wrong with capitalism, corporations, and the profit motive of course. When companies make good products, this is to be lauded and rewarded.
The issue IMO with MQA is that it's bogus. It was marketed in a bogus fashion, it is not capable of what it claims, and even if we don't call it all-out DRM, they have not addressed the observation of such an underlying intent or to clarify what limits they seek to protect consumer interests.
This is IMO bordering on fraud (again - this is my opinion). There are IMO lies being spoken of in the advertising and claims. When this happens, then absolutely, as audiophiles and music lovers, we must come out fighting against such nonsense whether perpetuated by the company itself or in the moronic audiophile press.
As audiophiles, I think we can all find and see products being advertised demanding that we be skeptical of. For the most part, we can probably just let it pass... But in the case of MQA, there's a real threat here of that corporate "greed" infecting the music production and distribution chain that provides NOTHING to the consumer; in fact, it's counterproductive for the consumer. This is a major problem with MQA and again, demands thoughtful audiophiles to respond in kind.
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Follow Ups
- Just wanted to add Charles... - Archimago 11/7/1700:41:20 11/7/17 (1)
- Completely agree - Charles Hansen 21:17:00 11/8/17 (0)