novisnick
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Post by novisnick on Jul 22, 2017 22:45:38 GMT -5
Ive been listening to Tidals Master recorded music. I like it very much, this is the software decoding version of MQA. 1/2 of the ability of the decoding process. There are a few hardware decoders currently on the market. AudioQuest DragonFly Red or Black $200 Bluesound Node 2 $500. Meridian-Explorer 2 $200. Mytek Brooklyn $2000. Others?? Emotiva DC-2 ( Im rooting for this one!  ) $$. Has anyone had any experience with any of these?     |
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Post by qdtjni on Jul 23, 2017 2:39:10 GMT -5
I have a DragonFly Black, Mytek Manhattan II and used to have a Bluesound Node I. Is there anything in particular you want to know? |
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Post by audiobill on Jul 23, 2017 3:42:56 GMT -5
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Post by Jim on Jul 23, 2017 6:54:14 GMT -5
Interesting. So for $89,000 you get a show piece that looks like 3 Mac Minis stacked on top of eachother. |
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Post by novisnick on Jul 23, 2017 10:39:36 GMT -5
I have a DragonFly Black, Mytek Manhattan II and used to have a Bluesound Node I. Is there anything in particular you want to know? I thought that only the DragonFly Black (with software update) DECODED MQA ? Im I wrong? |
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Post by qdtjni on Jul 23, 2017 10:50:49 GMT -5
I have a DragonFly Black, Mytek Manhattan II and used to have a Bluesound Node I. Is there anything in particular you want to know? I thought that only the DragonFly Black (with software update) DECODED MQA ? Im I wrong? Not sure what you mean with "only", but DragonFly Black and Red with software update will render MQA which has been unfolded by Software such as Tidal desktop app. |
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Post by novisnick on Jul 23, 2017 11:02:03 GMT -5
I thought that only the DragonFly Black (with software update) DECODED MQA ? Im I wrong? Not sure what you mean with "only", but DragonFly Black and Red with software update will render MQA which has been unfolded by Software such as Tidal desktop app. Out of the three you have/had "only" the DragonFly decoded MQA, The others I dont think they do. My interest is in hardware MQA decoding. |
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Post by qdtjni on Jul 23, 2017 11:26:24 GMT -5
Not sure what you mean with "only", but DragonFly Black and Red with software update will render MQA which has been unfolded by Software such as Tidal desktop app. Out of the three you have/had "only" the DragonFly decoded MQA, The others I dont think they do. My interest is in hardware MQA decoding. That is incorrect. In fact the DragonFly Red and Black requires MQA to be unfolded to MQA Core so it's the only one of the devices that cannot not decode MQA at all on its own. www.audioquest.com/dragonfly-series-faq#MQAThe Mytek Manhattan II can decode MQA encoded media including all MQA steps. mytekdigital.com/hifi/products/manhattan2_preorder/As for the Node 1, at least it does the first step decoding step to MQA core but I'm not sure it does the full MQA decoding. Currently, the BluOS devices only do MQA encoding through their own player but not with Roon. |
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