Friday Jun 09, 2023
Music Maven Mark Waldrep Rolls with the Changes - High-Res Controversy | MQA Snow Job?
This week, SoundStage! Audiophile Podcast host Jorden Guth is joined by Dr. Mark Waldrep of AIX Records fame to discuss changes in the audiophile music marketplace over the years, as well as Mark’s controversial and ever-evolving views on high-resolution music recording and playback, as well as why he stopped mastering records altogether.
Sources:
"Audibility of a CD-Standard A/DA/A Loop Inserted into High-Resolution Audio Playback" by E. Brad Meyerand David R. Moran: https://secure.aes.org/forum/pubs/journal/?ID=2#:~:text=The%20test%20results%20show%20that,Authors%3A%20Meyer%2C%20E
"Researching HD-Audio: The Truth" by Mark Waldrep: https://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=6993
“Music and Audio: A User Guide to Better Sound: by Mark Waldrep: https://www.musicandaudioguide.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@markwaldrep5143
https://www.artistconnection.net/
Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:20 Does high-res matter?
00:35:25 Musical interlude: "Concerto in Fm (Bach)" by Ohad Ben-Ari
00:37:21 The most important component of your system
00:41:45 Is MQA a snow job?
00:48:54 The beauty of Bach
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