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    Whither MQA

    Just checking, was that the one where they demonstrated MQA's "superiority" against MP3's (and forgot to tell the audience they were comparing MQA to MP3 ? Just glad to see a shady (put mildly) go away.
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    Whither MQA

    Lee this article might be of interest, remember it's no shame to ask for help https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/denial
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    State of the industry - Roy Gregory Editorial

    And has pulled John Atkinson et al with him in the fall It seems a lot of these mqa proponents are suffering hard with the Stockholm syndrom
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    Isn't mqa just another kind of mp3?

    It isn't apparent from this one measurement. But when You look at a lot of different measurements. You will see that each and everyone of the MQA files have the same frequency responce above 22-24 kHz, with no relation to the original file. If You zoom in on this picture You will also note the...
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    Isn't mqa just another kind of mp3?

    Yup, the only lossy 17/44-48 "codec" posing as a lossless 24/up to 384 format. (Don't even mention the latest "upgrades to Tidal 16/44 MQA - actually even worse around actual 13 resolution)
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    Isn't mqa just another kind of mp3?

    When You look a little deeper You will discover that it is indeed MP3 v2 Look at the measurements the exact same master. I think these graphs speak for themselves Blue one is the Original DXD (24/352,8) Red is MQA decoded (for instance Tidal app - 17/44-48 upsampled once) Green is MQA renderer...

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