In Reply to: Andres Koch Slams MQA as A Money Grab and a Fraud posted by Isaak J. Garvey on March 17, 2017 at 14:17:53:
Interesting that it's on positive feedback, positive feedback isn't known for posting much of anything that isn't, well, positive.Anyway, the points made by Andreas Koch are convincing, at least to this reader.
It would be nice if Stereophile and TAS were advocates of non-proprietary formats, which are clearly in the interest of consumers, but I don't think you have to be quite so testy about it :-)
The current (and obviously nonsensical) buzzword about digital equipment in Stereophile and TAS appears to be "future-proof". Stereophile judges the dCS Rossini Player to be "future-proof", following a paragraph that quotes dCS that they intend to support MQA in the Rossini in the future. Stereophile also judges the Chord Electronics Mojo D/A headphone amplifier to be future-proof, but this time no mention of MQA. Go figure.
Best regards,
Daniel
Edits: 03/18/17
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Follow Ups
- Thanks for posting the link - DAP 12:08:43 03/18/17 (24)
- In digital, no hardware is future-proof. (NT) - Kal Rubinson 13:37:40 03/18/17 (22)
- Indeed. And yet ... - DAP 14:21:57 03/18/17 (21)
- RE: Indeed. And yet ... - John Atkinson 11:05:55 03/19/17 (11)
- it should be capable of being upgraded - DAP 23:36:49 03/19/17 (10)
- Future-proof = bullshit - Doug Schneider 10:38:05 03/20/17 (9)
- A quick google search of 'soundstage' and 'future-proof' ... - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 17:23:44 03/20/17 (0)
- RE: Future-proof = bullshit - John Atkinson 16:34:49 03/20/17 (7)
- I think you're being just a tweed bit defensive :-) - DAP 19:07:20 03/20/17 (0)
- RE: Future-proof = bullshit - Doug Schneider 18:47:19 03/20/17 (5)
- RE: Future-proof = bullshit - John Atkinson 04:13:25 03/21/17 (4)
- RE: Future-proof = bullshit - Doug Schneider 05:08:36 03/21/17 (3)
- Hey, you're lucky he didn't call you a dick :-) nt - Rick W 09:21:16 03/21/17 (2)
- You really have to earn that one (nt) - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 12:23:30 03/21/17 (0)
- I've never understood calling people names on the internet - DAP 09:46:12 03/21/17 (0)
- That was so last century. - Kal Rubinson 15:32:45 03/18/17 (1)
- :-) I think the current position is just fine NT - DAP 15:49:09 03/18/17 (0)
- RE: Indeed. And yet ... - SpotcheckBilly12345 15:06:00 03/18/17 (6)
- RE: Indeed. And yet ... - John Atkinson 18:05:08 03/18/17 (5)
- RE: Indeed. And yet ... - Isaak J. Garvey 20:41:39 03/18/17 (4)
- RE: Indeed. And yet ... - John Atkinson 05:20:08 03/19/17 (3)
- RE: Indeed. And yet ... - Isaak J. Garvey 06:51:32 03/19/17 (2)
- RE: Indeed. And yet ... - John Atkinson 07:35:29 03/19/17 (1)
- RE: Indeed. And yet ... - Isaak J. Garvey 07:37:42 03/19/17 (0)
- RE: Thanks for posting the link - Isaak J. Garvey 13:24:30 03/18/17 (0)