Originally Posted by VirusKiller
Some red book CD sounds great, but much of it doesn't, whilst a lot of numbers game "HiRes" digital sounds great, but certainly not all of it. Ultimately, a great recording at 44k will sound great and a lousy recording at 192k will sound lousy. The MQA encoding process seems to be very effective at extracting the very best from the master, and from what I've heard, it's possible that the benefits are more significant for 44k masters.

Very well put, although I am less confident about what you say about MQA mastering extracting the very best. I certainly have some CDs that sound better than MQA files. But most MQA files sound better than most CDs.

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