[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Internet Blind Test: MQA Core Decode vs. Hi-Res PCM

Golden Earring

2017-09-25 07:25:31 UTC

Hi Archimago!

Tragically, because of reasons beyond my control, I was unable to
participate personally in your blind test of MQA.

I am nonetheless interesting in the subject matter of your investigation
because I own a Mytek Brooklyn DAC which is MQA-capable: this particular
functionality is in no way the reason why I bought it, I was much more
enamoured of its ability to decode programme material all the way up to
32/384 PCM & DXD256, plus its in-built 6W+6W balanced headphone
amplifier (handy for my Sennheiser HD800S cans) & its MC/MM phono preamp
(which will at last enable my to reconnect my early LP12/Ittok/Koetsu
Rosewood Signature combo, which I have loving dragged around through 8
address changes since its 1980's heyday, & then to revisit my legacy
collection of vinyl LP's - I don't imagine that I'll be easily tempted
to expand that collection given the utterly silly price that new vinyl
offerings are peddled at, lol... ).

Thankfully you achieved a sufficient sample size that my own take
(whatever it might have been) would have made no difference to your
conclusions (cue Jim Morrison, "What can you do, it's a democracy?").
:D

I await your further in-depth analysis with interest, but I think that
you have already established that extravagant claims of "Studio Master
Certified" et al. are merely marketing hype.

Great work!

Dave :cool:

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