10-Jan-2017, 21:18
(This post was last modified: 10-Jan-2017, 21:41 by Music or sound.)
Audirvana next version (3.0) is supposed to decode MQA. Presently the available catalog is too small that MQA relevant for me now but that could change within a year.
Earlier infos from MQA hinted at that to get the full benefit decoding has to be done at the DAC level but since then decoding on a server/computer works too but will the sound quality be similar?
I listened to some MQA files undecoded and they did not sound better than straight 16/44.1. So if that is all what we can get with Devialet it would be disappointing. Or should I be disappointed with MQA as an irrelevant format which only confuses high res audio?
Earlier infos from MQA hinted at that to get the full benefit decoding has to be done at the DAC level but since then decoding on a server/computer works too but will the sound quality be similar?
I listened to some MQA files undecoded and they did not sound better than straight 16/44.1. So if that is all what we can get with Devialet it would be disappointing. Or should I be disappointed with MQA as an irrelevant format which only confuses high res audio?