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This particular bit of Audiophile voodoo has probably run its course. 1) New codec shows up promising the moon 2) Consumers (and not publications such as this one) ask the hard questions 3) Consumers (and not publications such as this one) disambiguate the technical realities and prove that lack of substance within MQA 4) Forums light up with "MQA is Vaporware" threads and the like that indicate that music lovers reject MQA 5) Publications and "the industry" push back, but reveal at RMAF 2017 and elsewhere they are just plain mad that consumers did not buy into the MQA sales effort, and do not acknowledge the music lovers real interests *at all* 6) Where we are now, which is with "the industry" still trying to act as if MQA was a viable product.
So the time for fireworks is past. MQA ends with a whimper of trade publication writers and the odd old timer audiophile who does not know better showing up at sells presentations like this one...