Julf wrote: > ...Archimago is about to publish the results of his listening tests, > let's see what they tell us.
"Clarity...not agreement." I've read his posts. He tells anyone who has invested tens of thousands of dollars in owning a hi-res music file collection and equipment to play it, that they can exist without psychological torment that some better sound is available at a cheaper price point. I can understand the potential for emotional trauma and I'm happy that the angst can now subside. However, there exists a whole other (larger?) class of listeners...those who primarily stream music rather than own it. You do remember that the Squeezebox was first and foremost a STREAMER? For us, the questions about MQA are entirely different. What matters is whether 1) MQA sounds superior to the currently available 1411 FLAC file (TIDAL) on our equipment and 2) whether there exists enough of my favorite artists in MQA to justify the purchase of MQA-certified hardware? My A/B tests above was only concerned with these factors. For now, I'm content with TIDAL app's software decoding of MQA as being superior to the non-MQA streaming version. I don't give a rat's ass whether the "material that you know was identical." My TIDAL subscription price is the same whether I play the non-MQA or the MQA version. "Clarity...not agreement." *Source*: TIDAL HiFi, Pandora One > MySqueezebox.com using iPeng 9.2.1 app on iPhone6s/iPad *Great Room*: SB Touch(1) > AudioQuest TOS > PS Audio DL3 DAC > Audio Envy 10' cables > 200w powered Martin Logan (ML) Purity speakers, SB Touch(2) >JVC 110w amp > ML Motion 4 & AudioEngine 5. *Garage:* SB Touch(3) > CullenCoax > Wyred mINT > Cullen Cables > ML Motion 12 *Carry Anywhere: *TIDAL >iPhone 6s > Bose Mini BT speaker. *Streaming Media:* https://www.facebook.com/groups/535747176592597/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DanSmedra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62637 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106754 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
