[OldRoadToad]

Whistlepigs.

ORT

 

[ghfiii]

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attract...armot_s_Paradise-Montreux_Canton_of_Vaud.html

The rail trip was nice but it is a tourist trap for small children

Well of course there is, actually looks semi fun.

That is cool,

thanks

Griff

 

[Zachik]

No Wombat love?

A face that only its mother can love...

 

[StimpyWan]

A face that only its mother can love...

Don't talk about @Ableza like that...! We love him regardless...!

 

[tafens]

After watching this MQA debunked videos I feel I’ve been cheated by Tidal. Hopefully Apple Music gives justice to lossless

They’ll probably go with their ALAC format which as I understand it is akin to FLAC, but Apple-fied.

I feel more interested in Qobuz myself, because it’s possible to buy the albums there, in lossless, not only stream them, and I like owning my music (I’m just old-fashioned I guess )

That said, I was thinking of getting Tidal (even if it’s streaming only) before getting wiser on MQA. Nothing wrong with streaming lossless, it’s just that MQA isn’t.

 

[ev666il]

You can actually buy albums in FLAC format from Tidal’s store.

Granted, it’s probably some MQA-encoded, noise-ridden piece of garbage (unless the album’s available to stream without being MQA-encoded, in which case it should be all right.)

 

[corndog71]

It's been several weeks but I got a Fulla! I ordered when it was still Fulla 3 but got upgraded to a Fulla 4! At first I thought it was DOA because there's no internal or external light. But I checked my sound settings and it was there. Sounds pretty good too. The mic input is so much better than what I had before.

 

[OldRoadToad]

Don't talk about @Ableza like that...! We love him regardless...!

Are you certain that is him in the picture? He's not wearing his mask!

 

[OldRoadToad]

It's been several weeks but I got a Fulla! I ordered when it was still Fulla 3 but got upgraded to a Fulla 4! At first I thought it was DOA because there's no internal or external light. But I checked my sound settings and it was there. Sounds pretty good too.

Congratulations!

ORT

 

[Roy G. Biv]

They’ll probably go with their ALAC format which as I understand it is akin to FLAC, but Apple-fied.

I feel more interested in Qobuz myself, because it’s possible to buy the albums there, in lossless, not only stream them, and I like owning my music (I’m just old-fashioned I guess )

That said, I was thinking of getting Tidal (even if it’s streaming only) before getting wiser on MQA. Nothing wrong with streaming lossless, it’s just that MQA isn’t.

Nothing wrong with ALAC. It's similar to FLAC and open source as well.

 

[Ripper2860]

 

[ev666il]

Nothing wrong with ALAC. It's similar to FLAC and open source as well.

What was the need to develop it then? FLAC alone would have done.

EDIT: just read the Wikipedia entry; it used to be a proprietary format. Even now Apple isn’t supporting FLAC in their applications. Hubris at its finest—an art Apple have mastered to perfection.

 

[Les Strat]

I saw. Like the approach of the guy. Well behaved and addressing relevant points with respect. I foresee that MQA shall RiP sooner or later. MQA does not make sense with current bandwidths and even if it is true what they sell, it complicates the whole pipeline more than giving improvements.

I agree @Derrick Swart. He presented calm, well-argued, rebuttals of MQA's many misleading claims.
The death of MQA and TIDAL can't come soon enough for me.
I also enjoyed both Mark Waldrep and Neil Young's demolition of the BS from these two companies.
https://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=7218

 

[Les Strat]

I agree with you about MQA and Tidal. I'm not so sure Apple Music is fully fleshed out for lossless just yet. Came across this yesterday -

https://twitteringmachines.com/getting-the-most-from-apple-musics-new-lossless-service-ios-v-osx/

I won't be using MQA, TIDAL or Apple Music. I'd rather go back to CDs....or even vinyl

 

[Les Strat]

Nothing wrong with ALAC. It's similar to FLAC and open source as well.

You have probably just stirred up a hornets' nest @Roy G. Biv
I agree that there's nothing wrong with ALAC.
However, there are plenty of 'experts', including some snake oil Hi Fi retailers, who claim that it is not as good as FLAC, or WAV.
One such clown, said that my streamer would never sound very good, as I was using ALAC files which are inferior to FLAC.
That was the last time I listened to a Hi Fi retailer.
Lesson learned.