Lumin T2 with Anthem STR preamp signal going through both DACs?

By sending the analog signal out of the Lumin and then reprocessing it in the Anthem's dac, aren't I losing MQA since the Anthem doesn't support it?

djones51 - Yes I currently don't use ARC but do use subs.  So I have to keep the Analog Convert 32/192 setting "On" meaning that just using subs means I have to use two dacs..  

It might sound fine, but it just bothers me processing the signal twice with two totally different dac sets.

Makes me wish I would have just gone with the Lumin U1 mini or stuck with the Bluesound node since it's just a streamer and it's debatable how much difference just the streamer makes.

If you are using the Anthem DAC via USB from the Lumin, you are sending a digital signal, not analog.  Thus the Anthem will only process it once, as a digital signal.  You are correct that the Anthem will not, however, be able to decode  a MQA signal.  

bwguy - I am not using usb.  I'm using balanced xlr from the lumin to the Anthem... Thereby, I am using the Lumin's dac, than the Anthem's dac when I want to use subs or ARC.

I found this out for myself a few weeks ago. My tube Dac was feeding the Anthem STR with the A/D then D/A conversions sounded bad compared to the Anthem letting the signal pass through. It made the Anthem a pointless preamp in my system. The built in DAC wasn’t close to competing with my Audiomirror DAC. I was hoping it would, because I really wanted the Anthem and it’s bass control to work. I sent it back

Thanks phastm3..  I really want the bass mangement, HT bypass, and ARC... So I'm really thinking Lumin's dac is almost useless now and I should probably just go back to the Bluesound Node 2i and use it just as a streamer.  Maybe the lumin u1 mini if I can convince myself it sounds better just as a streamer.