04-Jan-2015, 19:06
Digital music distribution is changing and I am expecting that change of formats and distribution modes will continue (discs vs download and file storage vs online streaming). So a relative cheap outboard unit which can be obsolete in a year or two and can be replaced would make some sense.
So the investment of the AIR (WiFi) board will become obsolete? The Dialog uses USB to connect to D. So several options will compete for that single USB input. What to use the ethernet port for?
One of the digital formats just coming is Meridian's MQA and I don't know whether it will be relevant in the future but Meridian is presenting MQA usage at the CES via Tidal http://www.whathifi.com/news/meridian-ad...oos-system. I don't have any idea how MQA can be incorporated in existing units (software or hardware upgrade?) but Dialog or the next generation could incorporate it but less likely our Ds if that requires more than a firmware upgrade.
So the investment of the AIR (WiFi) board will become obsolete? The Dialog uses USB to connect to D. So several options will compete for that single USB input. What to use the ethernet port for?
One of the digital formats just coming is Meridian's MQA and I don't know whether it will be relevant in the future but Meridian is presenting MQA usage at the CES via Tidal http://www.whathifi.com/news/meridian-ad...oos-system. I don't have any idea how MQA can be incorporated in existing units (software or hardware upgrade?) but Dialog or the next generation could incorporate it but less likely our Ds if that requires more than a firmware upgrade.
