Mnyb wrote: > Its a classic marketting scheme . First you present the "problem" and > then for some reason you have the solution :)
Exactly. In the case of MQA we see the misdeed being done at their web site: http://www.mqa.co.uk/customer/how-it-works "Conventional audio formats discard parts of the sound to keep file size down, but part of this lost detail is the subtle timing information that allows us to build a realistic 3D soundscape in our minds. "Without it, music becomes flattened. And our ears know it isn’t real. "With MQA, we go all the way back to the original master recording and capture the missing timing detail. We then use advanced digital processing to deliver it in a form that’s small enough to download or stream. False claims: > Conventional audio formats discard parts of the sound to keep file size > down. In fact the information that is discarded is information outside of the dynamic range and bandwidth known to be required for a recording that is indistinguishable from the analog signal direct from the recording microphones. > ...part of this lost detail is the subtle timing information that allows > us to build a realistic 3D soundscape in our minds" The so-called subtle timing information that MQA preserves or creates out of whole cloth is known to be inaudible. Its loss does not cause music to be flattened because its presence or absence is known to be inaudible. A means for creating more realistic 3D soundstages has been known and widely used for several decades. It's known as multichannel audio. > With MQA, we go all the way back to the original master recording and > capture the missing timing detail." MQA can't go back to original master recordings and capture information that is not there in the first place. If they synthesize is, then it is well, synthetic which is not the same as being more realistic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105070 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
