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A streamer to rule them all
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<blockquote data-quote="Gohde" data-source="post: 1067935" data-attributes="member: 24319"><p>There are MQA AVRs (one or two - NAD has one). So 2 out of 3. But I am still unsure how Sony 360 works. It?s not a new codec (I think it uses MPEG-H which is older and not Sony proprietary. I think it is software decoding though, as some phones with dedicated DACs don?t support it on Tidal, which might explain why it?s not a feature in a lot of HiFi Tidal streamers. MQA is a proprietary hardware decoding (I think, at least the last unfolding?).</p><p></p><p>Basically, as one device for all, it?s unlikely to be anything other than an AVR as most DACs are stereo and don?t do surround formats. And not sure if Sony is pushing 360 in that space. It?s mostly a headphone gimmick, no?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gohde, post: 1067935, member: 24319"] There are MQA AVRs (one or two - NAD has one). So 2 out of 3. But I am still unsure how Sony 360 works. It?s not a new codec (I think it uses MPEG-H which is older and not Sony proprietary. I think it is software decoding though, as some phones with dedicated DACs don?t support it on Tidal, which might explain why it?s not a feature in a lot of HiFi Tidal streamers. MQA is a proprietary hardware decoding (I think, at least the last unfolding?). Basically, as one device for all, it?s unlikely to be anything other than an AVR as most DACs are stereo and don?t do surround formats. And not sure if Sony is pushing 360 in that space. It?s mostly a headphone gimmick, no? [/QUOTE]
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