iMark
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Our broadband through the cable company has just been upgraded to 300/30 from 250/25. More than enough for our use.
Not even remotely true Between Virgin Media rolling out DOCSIS 3.1 on it's network, BT/Openreach's Full Fibre buildout now at just over 4m homes and the various full fibre 'altnets' that have popped up over the last few years, just over 39% of UK homes now have access to Gigabit capable services |
As for internet in the UK, i'm on the Openreach G.Fast FTTP Fibre network, so (although asyncronous) i'm getting 900mbps/150mbps (Down/Up) from BT.
So, the plan is for people to pay twice as much for their subscriptions and have to buy new gear with an extra chip in it that makes it sound like it wasn't there, because it will sound like it's playing high rez versions that make your dog want to kill whoever's playing, so that Jay-z can save money on bandwidth by not even having to use any more.
And remember that this extra chip, even if it miraculously performs so well that you can't even tell you needed it, is on top of already paying double so that he saves money on bandwidth, you only need to buy new gear that has to have it to make your feature you're already paying double for work. He should introduce a plan where he charges double again and makes you buy 2 chip gear to save even more bandwidth without even having to use more.If you're buying new, many new DACs and streamers are MQA compatible.
Not sure if MQA will go the same way as sacd. As they are charging quite a lot for the CDs.
Not really comparable though. SACD is a high resolution lossless format which (arguably) provides the highest quality digital recordings available, and offers the possibility of multichannel surround.
MQA is a lossy format which provides quality comparable to mp3, but it will make a light come on certain dacs.
Actually, mp3 will sound better. MQA is a noise chip that makes your gear say that tracks are higher rez than what is being sent. mp3's just strip away parts of the original, and don't introduce noise. Jay-z wants you to pay double and buy new gear with an extra chip first, without him having to send any more data, then talk about how much better MQA tracks are compared to the same unadultered high rez tracks anywhere else. I'm going to sell gear with an MQA noise removing chip. It will make people hear the original high rez tracks unaltered, by making them go to qobuz instead, and it will only cost them $9.99 extra per month to me for the service.I'm all ears to hearing how MQA works. and how it's better than mp3. The floor is yours
i think you need to do more homework and be very careful what you post on this forum.Actually, mp3 will sound better. MQA is a noise chip that makes your gear say that tracks are higher rez than what is being sent. mp3's just strip away parts of the original, and don't introduce noise. Jay-z wants you to pay double and buy new gear with an extra chip first, without him having to send any more data, then talk about how much better MQA tracks are compared to the same unadultered high rez tracks anywhere else. I'm going to sell gear with an MQA noise removing chip. It will make people hear the original high rez tracks unaltered, by making them go to qobuz instead, and it will only cost them $9.99 extra per month to me for the service.
I've been put in my place. I'll just have to sit here listening to Jay-z tell us what everyone wants everyone to be, with artificial noise introduced for twice as much, even though I won't trade all my gear in for crack, as it's his job is to be getting at.i think you need to do more homework and be very careful what you post on this forum.
I don't think Jay-z is the only one on drugs 🤨I've been put in my place. I'll just have to sit here listening to Jay-z tell us what everyone wants everyone to be, with artificial noise introduced for twice as much, even though I won't trade all my gear in for crack, as it's his job is to be getting at.
Maybe I'll get into the entertainment business so that I can become a drug dealer. Then I could tell everyone I have lots of devices for cheap, then when they find out what life's like without me, and get some more gear, get them to trade 'em back again. I guess the thing you have to work out, if entertainers have to be drug dealers, is how to get them to give them the money they would have spent on the gear straight to you for drugs, because you won't get as much for it. Which must be why Jay-z had to become an entertainer, his stuff wasn't good enough in the first place.
Actually, mp3 will sound better. MQA is a noise chip that makes your gear say that tracks are higher rez than what is being sent. mp3's just strip away parts of the original, and don't introduce noise. Jay-z wants you to pay double and buy new gear with an extra chip first, without him having to send any more data, then talk about how much better MQA tracks are compared to the same unadultered high rez tracks anywhere else. I'm going to sell gear with an MQA noise removing chip. It will make people hear the original high rez tracks unaltered, by making them go to qobuz instead, and it will only cost them $9.99 extra per month to me for the service.
We get it, you're not a Jay-Z fan, although that goes for me too.Then tell Jay-z people will pay double again to have to have it, still without him having to use more than the minimum bandwidth.