mgraves wrote: > Actually, I think it is clever in the way that it presents plain vanilla > Red Book 16 bit PCM to existing tech, while encoding all the supposed > magic into the 8 bits from 17-24. It's a kind of steganographic > encoding. > > The data that makes up all the ultrasonic stuff is encoded using lossy > compression. I simply don't think that all that stuff is necessary in > the delivery channel. It makes no difference to my 53 year old auditory > system.
I am also convinced no one really needs more than 16bits for playback and hearing highs above 20kHz in music is wishfull thinking even for younger people. The encrypted ~17/96 MQA compresses worse as if you simply offer a 17/96 flac without MQA sauce. The only magic is that it forces some non-linear filter on plaback in the hardware. MQA was meant to protect and DRM ordinary music. Bandwith saving in the days of 4k is no reason. Transporter (modded) -> RG142 -> Avantgarde Acoustic based 500VA monoblocks -> Sommer SPK240 -> self-made speakers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wombat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4113 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110981 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
