MQA Finale: Both Anti- and Pro- Forces Have Their Successes and Failure

Audio Gear Talk MQA
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Sure.

PCM-CD (Blue) vs. MQA-CD (Pink):

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PCM-DXD (Blue) vs MQA-CD (Pink):

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PCM-DXD (Blue) vs PCM-CD (Pink):

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MQA (Blue) vs MQA-CD (Pink):

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My assumption is that the “hump” in the PCM-CD spectrum is the noise shaped dither applied by 2L to the CD release.