Recent content by tamefox

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    MQA has gone into administration: what does this mean for Tidal and supported products?

    Maybe you should also point people to the mqa replyP sounds test was deeply flawed... Go to the 2L Norway site and do some comparison listens on mqa equipment. If you can't hear the difference then dont waste your money on any kind of expensive DAC.
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    Why We Don’t Need MQA

    Frankly the opening article that started this thread is complete bollocks. Lots of higher frequency harmonics from instruments merge and produce lower frequency effects that we can all hear. My hearing now tops out at c12KHz - but I can still hear a great difference with full MQA decoder and...
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    MQA - any experiences yet?

    MQA tracks are remastered from original source tapes, not "stacked-codecs" reworked over each other. 2L in Norway (2l.no) remaster stuff and record new in MQA - mostly Norwegian orchestras. I have listened to full albums of MQA and non MQA versions of the same music -same label - same...
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    Magazine Content - Subjects and Reviews

    Just dipping into the March 2017 issue, on the back page is an article about a 1986 turntable - how good it was compared to turntables now for the same price. (you know where this is going...) The Dual turntable of 1986 was £129 - and now you can't even get a budget turntable for £250 that's...
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    Magazine Content - Subjects and Reviews

    Hey folks, I've been reading WHF for many years and have generally enjoyed it, with informative articles and a good guide to equipment at the back. However, in the last two years or so I think it has lost the plot in some areas. A ) Smart phones Why do we keep getting so many reviews of...