Munich 2018

[Music or sound]

One aspect not discussed yet is their statement about MQA. Devialet had discussions with MQA and they will work on the first level of unfolding  as other softwares like latest Roon or Audirvana+ do already but will not develop full compatibility with MQA as the digital filtering MQA requires would negate their design. I personally think that is the right decision.

Yes, Mathieu was quite clear that he didn't want to add any digital filters to the ADH. I'm pretty sure that they could do it if they wanted to, this is more about preserving the integrity of the Devialet offering.

They seem quite happy to work with MQA on the unfolding side though.

Guillaume

Devialet is not alone in refusing the filters from MQA.  Linn and Chord clearly stated that they will never implement these. I think compatibility with the MQA file format is necessary and therefore unfolding at least at the first level may be a requirement in the marketplace so Devialet complies but that level of unfolding which can be achieved also through software e.g. Roon 1.5 what they call MQA support. 
I am not sure that MQA will be accepted in the wider music distribution market and even in the audiophile sector many are not supporting it.
One aspect of MQA I find quite disruptive is that MQA makes DSP more difficult or impossible. As Devialet demonstrated on that event with multichannel active amplification and correction (or even SAM) DSP is becoming an important aspect of music reproduction. Just unfolding MQA would not prevent DSP but anything beyond would be problematic.