Recoveryone wrote: > I don't think MQA will go the way of DVD-A, since its main audience is > the download fan base. The download fan base is the largest group of > audio listening today, so for a format that can offer a better SQ than > Mp3 AND ITunes will finally open up the ears of a generation that has no > clue of the differences between Vinyl/CD/SACD/DVD-A compared to Mp3 and > ITunes. Its a win win for all of us as the projected usage and demand > will increase.
The free and non-license-encumbered lossless FLAC format offers the same sound quality as MQA. If amount of data is an issue, MP3 offers a significant saving in amount of data transmitted, so it is still relevant where people pay for download traffic or have limited storage. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104878 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
