Originally Posted by Gianni
Asa, was any non-MQA material played through the systems? If so, was there any tangible increase in SQ?

In other words, do you think the 818.3 and 861.9 upgrades will provide benefit without MQA?

As you may have noticed, I previously asked in this thread for the opportunity to compare hi res files and MQA versions. Meridian seem to be persisting in only offering MP3 comparisons. I told staff at the Marriott and at Sevenoaks that I do not listen to MP3 and have no interest in such a comparison. I was told that it is not possible to listen to MQA with the unpacking turned off.

I only listened to MQA files. From what has now been posted I only heard "inferior" MQA files and no mention was made of any superior version or of further developments to the format. I must say that I feel rather disappointed about this, to put it mildly.

To try and answer your second question I was told that the 808 upgrade would bring further refinement to standard CD replay but no further details were offered.

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