The May/June 2015 issue of The Absolute Sound (TAS) has a 13 page feature article about MQA by Robert Harley. It includes Harley�s in-depth highly technical article with many complicated colored graphs/charts and his interview with Bob Stuart. The interview includes much detail about the neuroscience aspects of MQA.
Robert Harley describes the sound as �stunning� and in his conclusion writes:
Originally Posted by Robert Harley
MQA accomplishes the seemingly impossible � delivering extraordinary sound quality in a form that easily integrates into the existing music distribution infrastructure, is backward compatible with existing hardware, and serves all applications, from smartphone streaming to high-end home downloads, with a single file. The combination of streaming � which is poised to become the dominant paradigm � and MQA could usher in a world in which the term �high-resolution audio� is as anachronistic as �digital camera� or �flat-panel television.� All music will be high-resolution.
So far I have only scanned the article. I was pleased to note that Bob Stuart told him he expected the first MQA-encoded recordings to be released in the second quarter.
Knowing Harley�s technical knowledge and experience in audio I would expect his article to contribute so much to our understanding of MQA.
To me Robert Harley�s article is a massive endorsement of MQA.
I read the articles last week. Very informative. Thirteen full pages.
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