Bob talks
Bob Stuart, creator of MQA, talks in detail about this revolutionary British technology that sets a new standard in capturing, delivering and reproducing digital audio.
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MQA CD: #1 Origami and the Last Mile
Once the recording has been ‘de-blurred’, MQA uses a process we call ‘Music Origami’ that focusses on maintaining the information in the orange triangle (plus a substantial safety margin), thereby making this large, high-resolution file both manageable, and compatible with any service or playback device. This section reviews the ‘origami’ used to make a single-speed […]
MQA CD: #2 Some examples
When the transmission is restricted to 16 bits, as for example in an MQA CD, the decoder will maintain the output resolution at 24b, firstly to preserve the encoder’s enhanced quantisation, but also because there is more information in a decoded MQA CD than can be represented in a normal rectangular 44.4 kHz/16b PCM channel. The […]
White Glove: #2 Fairytales
Some technical notes on a journey recovering the sound of the famous original performance by Radka Toneff and Steve Dobrogosz.
MQA Authentication
MQA guarantees delivery of the Studio sound. This explains why Provenance and Resolution are quite different things.