MQA first listening experience

[@Camus376]

I am truly impressed on how the videos are made regarding MQA. Truly well explained. MQA is my go to for music from now on.

[@anjelolazarov252]

Highly professional and informative! Thank you Hans! I came to your presentations for the MQA codec by chance, but the way you have everything done - outlining this new to me technology made me want to follow you. Even though I am not so much into social networks and Facebook stuff... Keep it going!

[@slam854]

Yes, everything does come with a cost, of which we don't fully know at this time. I am brand new to streaming audio- don't even have the player yet-but it will have to be MQA capable. Let's just go back to vinyl.

[@dragondriver69]

This is an awesome review! Also, I like the way you explain things, because english is not my first language and it takes me time to fully understand everything, but I could understand all that you said at the first time :) Greetings and good luck with your projects!

[@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel]

+IceCream TV Thanks. It's also an awesome product:-)

[@hkaya79]

That was cool again!

[@MrAveco]

I've bought the Lumin T 3 Streamer from HK and I would like if you instruct me how can I use it with Spotify in my Speakers. Now I only hear music from a hard disk. Thanks for your advise.

[@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel]

Sorry but I can’t do support. Please contact your dealer.

21 century music sound revolution on its way. It sounds amazing and highly professional. MQA is clearly superior to all older/other music format bearers, there's no doubt about it. All we need is one more hardware upgrade

[@bunnypong64]

I like your clear presentation here...nice! Could you please share with me what your audio system comprises of?

[@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel]

See the comments under each video. There is a link to list of equipment I use.

[@connoreck3206]

*I meant to say NuForce's microDAC 3 instead of what my phone "corrected" it to

[@hilkomenke3006]

Hallo Hans, Hele goede inzichtelijke videos maak je! Ik had al wel gelezen en gehoord over neuroscience maar wat je wist uit te leggen over verschil 44.1/96/192 maakt het echt heel inzichtelijk en begrijpelijk!! Aan de hand van deze video heb ik echter wel een vraag. Momenteel is de verkoopprijs van de Explorer2 €155 (Zie prijslijst van importeur Viertron). De Mytek Brooklyn rond de €1950 ofzo. Nogal een verschil. Wat was in jouw oren de orde van het geluidskwaiteitverschil tussen de twee MQA certified DAC's?

[@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel]

Daar maak ik videos voor: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGrdoIafZ9x3frc en kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZetinuehLOXias

[@pabloosvaldopenizzotto1098]

How can be jitter recognized when you are listening something? Do you have some videos over this topic?

[@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel]

It is mentioned in my videos on digital audio. But I might consider a separate video some day.

[@pabloosvaldopenizzotto1098]

@@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel thank you!

[@TheVikingDev]

i have a question: what is the diference of blu ray pure audio, SACD and MQA?

[@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel]

Good question, I will plan a video on this subject. It's too long a story to explain in this answer.

[@tweakradje]

SACD is one bitstream with pulse density modulation. No dac needed but not for editting. Not like PCM. MQA is PCM, so edittable, but compressed, like FLAC. Hence the codec.

[@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel]

tweakradje I would investigate somewhat more into the differences.....

Brandon Velandia difference is enormous, try TIDAL Master

[@hushpuppykl]

Love your videos. It really educates. I wish I can understand what jitter sounds like. It still eludes me. I’m keen I’m getting the Bluesound Node 2i and I wonder if it will give, at the very least, the sound quality of a good CD player. Or perhaps to get really good SQ from a streamer I should buy something like the Lumin T2 or a Cary Audio DMS 550? Decision decision decisions ... 😂

[@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel]

Perhaps you should first watch kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGTWm3-Hm5mFnJI. The review Iof the Node 2i is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnq6nJiOhc-pr9k

[@connoreck3206]

Hi Hans! What would you recommend to someone looking to train to recognize the sound signatures of faulty/poorly designed equipment? My initial thought is one would need to buy/have access to a reference set comparable at least to your set 3. Then I could use a command line program to switch between each individual component of the set one by one against sub-quality parts (like switching iPhone 6s+ DAC in for your unforced microDAC etc.). In this way one could begin to sort out which sound signatures correspond to which faults (e.g. jitter). What would be amazingly helpful in this regard is if you could do a video explaining a little bit abt how what faults sound like what, i.e. how to recognize them. I feel like there is almost no point in buying high high end equipment if one can't hear the difference it makes. But that doesn't mean one can't learn to :)

[@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel]

+Connor Eck The short answer is: get old;-) Your question and the one by Michel below inspired me to do a video on the subject. Bare with me.

[@alb.1911]

please put the facebook page on your youtube home page, I am unable to find it....

[@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel]

The link is in the show notes of all my video's. Also above here. But I'll repeat it here: facebook.com/hansbeekhuyzen

[@-E-M-M-]

MQA the beauty pass of audio sadly misleading but still a good result at the end, not a new format but a nice tool.

[@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel]

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[@dublininnis9695]

I have been getting cautght up on your older vids; Thank You for the time You spend.... BTW Ichuckled at the very end of the video.... I'm shure You have herd this joke before. What do You call someone that speaks 2 languages? "bilingual" What do You call someone that speaks 3 languages? "trilingual" What do You call someone that speaks 1 language? "American".. .. and yes I am American.... sad but true

[@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel]

Well, we dutch have to speak other languages. There are so little of us😳

[@dublininnis9695]

Fair enough :D

[@arthurwatts1680]

Hans, I dont know if you have any contacts at MQA, but I wish they'd get off their butts and sort the Dragonfly firmware upgrade so that we can ALL hear what the fuss is about. Whether the chain is being dragged at MQA Inc or Audioquest, people who ran around CES n January telling anyone who would listen that it would be done by 'the end of the month' seem to have a very shaky calendar. A pox on marketing types making promises they dont personally have to keep. I know it wont do everything the Exlporer2 does, but that's a cross I'm willing to bear.

[@TheHansBeekhuyzenChannel]

Arthur, I am tech journalist so I report on things that happen and I do have a good working relation with MQA in that respect. But it is not my role to steer MQA, let alone kick their butt. If they still have a butt, for from what I hear they work their butt off;-). Seriously, those guys have performed miracles. Where Electronics giant Philips needed a trick and truckloads of lawyers to get the CD accepted by the record industry inn the '70s, now a rather small company - compared to the electronics giants - manages to do the same without tricks and lawyers. Please give'm some time to perform miracles!

[@Trev9]

Like you say... Within 5seconds I knew that Tidal was for me. Deezer is the worst