MQA through Toslink

Any DACs you know do this under the $400 mark?

Thanks!

leemaze04-24-2018 12:32am

leemaze OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 330 posts 04-25-2018 at 02:30am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Lets pretend cost cost is no object. What DACs can decode MQA fed from data via toslink?
tutetibiimperes Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 202 posts 04-25-2018 at 02:56am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It looks like the Mytek Liberty DAC should do it, it has an optical input and says it has a hardware MQA decoder (and a light on the front that will light up when MQA is being decoded). The manual doesn't explicitly state MQA decoding via optical, but it doesn't say it doesn't (like the Pro-ject DAC).
marktomaras Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 544 posts 04-25-2018 at 06:29am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Why not go this way: computer > network > Airport Ethernet port > Bluesound Node 2 as a streamer and DAC > rca output to amplifier
headphonedreams Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 525 posts 04-25-2018 at 07:03am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete A reclocker that also converts to coax or usb might improve the sound anyway in that setup. Maybe even more than mqa will.
amg56 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 887 posts 04-25-2018 at 08:07am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Toslink will limit the music to 24/96 in any case.