Joyrex Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 A new audio format on physical media has been released (in Japan, of course) - MQA CDs: You can read more about the format here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Quality_Authenticated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I'll stick with my original 12" press of Brothers in Arms, thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Should've expanded on the Super CD name by calling it something like 'Super Hyper Mega CD Turbo EX Plus Alpha (final edition 3.9) Format' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosebrian Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 does not solve any problem that the world currently has Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Master tapes or bust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-a-m-o Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Should've expanded on the Super CD name by calling it something like 'Super Hyper Mega CD Turbo EX Plus Alpha (final edition 3.9) Format' lol this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colunga Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) thanks for this! I love TechMoan Edited June 28, 2018 by colunga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 I'll stick with my original 12" press of Brothers in Arms, thank you very much. With the edited versions of a few tracks? I must admit, it was hard to come to terms with the CD version being the definitive version, and the LP being the "legacy compatibility" version. Still, the DX7 stabs on "The Man's Too Strong" sound great on the LP :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purlieu Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 As high res 24 bit masters are becoming more common with downloads, something like kind of makes sense nowadays, but really, it makes more sense just to put the uncompressed masters on a DVD or BluRay, surely? The players are considerably cheaper than these MQA players, and much more widely available. I know these things are aimed at audiophiles with huge budgets, but it still seems like a daft time to be developing new technologies when perfectly suitable and more easily compatible ones already exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uros Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 ^That's heresy. Re-program yourself with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 both mqa and hi-res audio are a scam, they offer absolutely no audible improvements over regular cd whatsoever. mqa can actually degrade audio because in essence it's a lossy codec. here's a very nice write up on the topic of hires from the guys who developed FLAC codec and others: https://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 ^ yeah I've seen this echoed elsewhere, nice article Should've expanded on the Super CD name by calling it something like 'Super Hyper Mega CD Turbo EX Plus Alpha (final edition 3.9) Format' lol this yep - especially re: at how slick they look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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