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And then there is the never ending loudness problem in streaming. http://productionadvice.co.uk/online-loudness/

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Analog IS continuous. Maybe the whole world is wrong. But I really doubt it. http://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_difference_between_analog_signals_and_continuous_signals If there is going to be an effective rebuttal, it will need to me more than a simple declaration that it's wrong. There has to be a counter-argument.

"High Resolution" - - ...is a special term applied to DIGITAL recording(s). Analog recordings are infinitely continuous, which is to say, you can zoom in infinitely with no break in the slope. The demon of analog is noise, not resolution.

Probably do just fine by replacing the one bad tube. (Always have a spare!)

How much off was it from biasing? A few mills will make little difference.

"Format" seems to be the wrong word. Maybe it's just simply another SKU? Suppose we have....("My Song" - a bundle of bits from the original session), and then, ("My Song" a Bundle of Bits With MQA Applied). Aren't those two different SKUs for SONY or MCA?

Excellent read Josh..........thanks. Too bad MQA didn't reply.

I think this chart is largely explained by changes in the commercial food system.

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The Benchmark post certainly EXPLAINS MQA in a mostly (to me) understandable way. Clearly though, hardware makers are not going to want to be paying more license fees, or possibly hog-tying their own developments to a grand third party somewhat like Dolby. I'm pretty sure music producers also have no interest in adding a license to their cost roillup either.

Very interesting comments there, which do seem to indicate that this is a new "format" that requires a listener to re-pay for music they own that isn't MQA.

So, it's just an adjunct process, then? How do the MQA owners get paid then? By having a site like Spotify with 30M songs processed for MQA - charging some premium? Just trying to see how the money flows.

If so, then MQA is a new medium, and will result in very limited releases, I would imagine. So, let's see.....I've bought the LP, then the cassette, then the CD, then bought the remastered LP....arghhh.