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MQA – The Praise from Proponents

June 24, 2021 by Ted 7 Comments

Bill Leebens interviews Bob Stuart

Part 3 – Bill Leebens Interviews MQA Founder Bob Stuart & Speaks with Other Supporters Who Remain Loyal

STRATA-GEE: This is the third installment of our series on the controversy engulfing MQA conducted in partnership with guest poster Bill Leebens. You can see Part 1 introduction, MQA Controversy – A True Audio Breakthrough? Or a Marketing Scam?; and Part 2, MQA – Voices Arise in Harmony with a Video Critique from ‘GoldenSound.’ In this post, we hear from proponents of MQA, most of whom remain steadfast in their support for the technology or the company (or both) – even in the face of often blistering criticism. Leebens scored an interview with no less than MQA founder Bob Stuart who calmly answered all of his questions in an interview that lasted more than two hours.

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Filed Under: News, Technology Tagged With: Bill Leebens, Bob Stuart, controversy, Master Quality Authenticated, MQA

TOLA Expo: Industry Groups Partner for Super-Regional In-Person Dealer Expo

June 23, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

TOLA Expo logo

A group of industry manufacturer sales representatives in the Southwest has partnered with Samsung to produce one of the first in-person industry dealer events in more than a year called the TOLA Expo. The event, which takes place on June 29-30, 2021 covers a huge region – organizers refer to it as a “super-regional show” – drawing from the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas…hence, TOLA.

Learn more about next week’s TOLA Expo

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Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, News, Sales Reps, Shows & Events, Technology Tagged With: TOLA Expo, trade shows

MQA – Voices Arise in Harmony with a Video Critique from ‘GoldenSound’

June 17, 2021 by Ted 22 Comments

Part 2 – We Go Deep into the World of Those Opposed to MQA & Bill Leebens Speaks with GoldenSound

STRATA-GEE: This is the second installment of our series on the controversy engulfing MQA, conducted in partnership with guest poster Bill Leebens. In this post, you will learn more about those who are critical of MQA, with some going on the record for the first time for this story. MQA has been controversial almost from the beginning – with an intense opposition that ebbs and flows over time. But as we told you in our introductory installment (see MQA Controversy – A True Audio Breakthrough? Or a Marketing Scam?), a recent YouTube video critique from an audiophile not involved in the audio industry, has spurred a huge resurgence of interest (that video had over 267,000 views!), in part because of the perhaps naive but seemingly earnest reasonableness of “GoldenSound” and the heavy-handed backslap from MQA.

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Filed Under: Brands, News, People, Tech Trends, Technology Tagged With: Bill Leebens, Bob Stuart, GoldenSound, MQA

MQA Controversy – A True Audio Breakthrough? Or a Marketing Scam?

June 10, 2021 by Ted 12 Comments

MQA uses a process they call music origami
MQA utilizes a process they call “Music Origami”
[Photo: By Laitche – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3244373}

Part 1 – A Bill Leebens Guest Post

STRATA-GEE: For some time now, I have been hearing rumbles throughout the audio community, particularly the high-end audio community, about controversy surrounding MQA (Master Quality Authentication) – a U.K. company that claims to have created a proprietary technology that allows for the delivery of “better than lossless” audio via certain streaming services. At first, it seemed like the Holy Grail of audio – delivering music that is identical to the original master recording into your earbuds via streaming services such as Tidal. Then the whispers started – “It sounds like it is too good to be true because it IS too good to be true.“

Recently, a YouTube video appeared that blew the doors of MQA dissent wide open and seems to show that MQA technology is NOT doing what the company claims and leaves many to conclude that MQA is little more than a thinly veiled marketing scam. The company pushed back…hard. I asked Bill Leebens to investigate the swirling whirlwind of controversy now engulfing MQA.

See more on our investigation into MQA…

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Filed Under: Marketing, Technology Tagged With: Bill Leebens, Bob Stuart, controversy, Master Quality Authenticated, Meridian Audio, MQA, Tidal

ISE 2021 ‘Heralds’ Getting the Industry ‘Back to Business,’ But Did They?

June 9, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

In a press release distributed Wednesday morning, Integrated Systems Events (part of Integrated Systems Europe) announced the conclusion of their annual ISE event, this year in Barcelona, Spain for the first time on June 1-2. It was a hybrid-style event, offering an online or virtual conference as well as an in-person event with exhibitors in the Fira de Barcelona exhibition center. The organizers heralded the event as helping “the industry getting back to business.”

But how successful was the ISE this year? See more…

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Filed Under: Associations, Distributors, Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Sales Reps, Shows & Events, Technology Tagged With: AVIXA, CEDIA, David Labuskes, Giles Sutton, Integrated Systems Europe, ISE, Mike Blackman

SnapAV Says Latest Control4 OS 3.2.2 Update Offers Full Support of OvrC

June 1, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Control4 and OvrC

SnapAV announced today (Tuesday) that its latest rendition of its automation brand Control4’s OS 3 operating software – OS 3.2.2 – finally introduces full support of the company’s popular OvrC remote management platform. No doubt part of their ongoing integration strategy since they first acquired Control4, this news is sure to make life just a little easier for their Control4 dealers who support OvrC.

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Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Control4, home automation, OvrC, remote monitoring, smart home, SnapAV

Sony Doubles-Down on Transformation from CE to Gaming, Media, & Services

May 27, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

sony invests

Company Plans to Invest $18 Billion in ‘Strategic Investments’; See What Segments are Targeted

Sony Group announced yesterday that it will invest no less than Â¥2 trillion ($18 billion) over the next three years to turbo-charge the company’s transition from a consumer electronics powerhouse to a global leader in gaming, media, and services. The only hardware they are looking to equally dominate is the sensor business – and a potential entry into the general chip-making business (more on this later).

More on the remarkable Sony global transformation

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: artificial intelligence, COVID-19, media, movies, music, robots, semiconductors, sensors, services, Sony, strategic investment, streaming services, TV shows

B&W and Abbey Road Studios to Collaborate on In-Car Systems

May 13, 2021 by Ted 1 Comment

Apple Road Studios and B&W collaborate

Bowers and Wilkins (B&W) and the famed Abbey Road Studios announced this week that they have formed a new collaboration to further advance the state-of-the-art for in-car entertainment. The two companies have worked together for years with Abbey Road studios using B&W speakers for monitors in their studios. Now the partners will extend their relationship in the furtherance of this new venture.

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Filed Under: Brands, News, Research, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Abbey Road Red, Abbey Road Studios, Bowers & Wilkins, Bowers and Wilkins, in-car

LOUDSOFT, Maker of Speaker Design Software & Test Gear, Appoints New Agent

May 10, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Loudsoft logo

Loudsoft Ltd, a leading provider of speaker design software and precise testing gear, announced last week that it has appointed a new agent to represent the the company throughout North America. This new agent is Andy Lewis of SOUND Product Strategy, based in New Hampshire.

Read more on this appointment by Loudsoft…

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Filed Under: Brands, News, People, Technology Tagged With: Andy Lewis, Loudsoft, loudspeakers, Sound Product Strategy, speakers

SnapAV Acquires Access Networks

May 6, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

SnapAV logo

SnapAV announced today that it will acquire network service agency Access Networks in a deal expected to close later this month. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company says this acquisition “will broaden SnapAV’s networking portfolio with newer products and managed services including system design, configuration, monitoring, and support.”

See more on this latest SnapAV acquisition…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, News, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Access Networks, GPaul Hess, SnapAV

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