MQA now in administration

Just to be clear, I'm not a fan of mqa and have always wished I didn't have to go through it. Unfortunately Tidal had the interface I preferred and I'm happy that now, hi-res flac has taken its place. I believe that the wrong way in which it was presented and the insistence on attributing miracles to it (for a fee), triggered a negative reaction from critics who superficially did not consider its actual characteristics. In any case, the reasons that could justify the use, I believe, are generally outdated.
 
In a similar vein, many years ago when CD's were all the rage, some discovered using a green magic marker around the edge of the disc improved the sound of aforsaid digital recording. Forums debated the colour of the marker, the shade of the marker, the colour of the laser in the player, it got ridiculous. All this for squeezing more frequency out of a mass produced recording. It all comes down to if you the listener can actually discern that difference. Im just glad i can still hear.
 
WiimNoob said:
In a similar vein, many years ago when CD's were all the rage, some discovered using a green magic marker around the edge of the disc improved the sound of aforsaid digital recording. Forums debated the colour of the marker, the shade of the marker, the colour of the laser in the player, it got ridiculous. All this for squeezing more frequency out of a mass produced recording. It all comes down to if you the listener can actually discern that difference. Im just glad i can still hear.
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Peter Belt by any chance? He did promote some weird stuff ;)
 
Brantome said:
Peter Belt by any chance? He did promote some weird stuff ;)
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The interesting thing about Belt was that, to the best of my knowledge, he never set out to make a fortune out of his daft products.

They may have been batshit-crazy, but they were affordable iirc.

Times have changed. No names etc.
 
dangermouse said:
The interesting thing about Belt was that, to the best of my knowledge, he never set out to make a fortune out of his daft products.

They may have been batshit-crazy, but they were affordable iirc.

Times have changed. No names etc.
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Must admit as an ingenue I did try a few of these “mods”, not necessarily his. Like the little black plastic triangles that you stuck on the corner of doors and the ring of what looked like lino you stuck to a CD to stabilise it as it spun round. Like lots of things, I heard not a whisper of a change…
 
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