Thanks for telling us about your biases. IMO the jury should ignore any of your comments on any brand having MQA. I regret it, you said nice things in the past about dCS ...
I am not as intellectually and emotionally confused as to be unable to separate sound quality from issues of business integrity. dCS has given me several memorable moments in the past about what is possible with digital, and my fondness of those memories is not diminished in any way. And I am sure your dCS Varese sets new standards in digital.
It is curious that many people had similar feelings about SACD in the past - in reality it was a format released mostly to control recordings, avoiding piracy due to its strong copy protection.
question; if i have a few dozen streaming recordings where i prefer the MQA version on multiple dacs to various non MQA versions, then how should i view MQA objectively?
and fyi, i view Bob Stuart in a primarily negative perspective relative to his attempts to monetize my music over many years.....related to MLP and MQA. OTOH lots of Meridian gear is pretty good. My first high end gear was a used Meridian Transport and Dac.
I regret it, you said nice things in the past about dCS ...
