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<blockquote data-quote="Drifter" data-source="post: 1068187" data-attributes="member: 13448"><p>The formats you mentioned are all surround sound, so you obviously need an AVR as an amp.</p><p></p><p><strong>MQA:</strong></p><p>The Tidal app does the first MQA unfold, so the need and benefit of having an AVR with an MQA capable DAC-chip is debatable. This is obviously a function of the DAC and not the actual streamer.</p><p></p><p><strong>Sony 360</strong></p><p>This is headphone focussed suround format. Again, the Tidal app decodes it.</p><p></p><p><strong>Atmos</strong></p><p>You need an Atmos capable AVR. Again, the Tidal app sends the Atmos signal to the AVR over Dolby True-HD / Dolby Digital+.</p><p></p><p>So in order to experience all of the above, you simply need a streamer that has a native Tidal app, offers an HDMI output that feeds a Atmos capable AVR.</p><p></p><p>The Apple TV ticks all of those boxes if you want a stand alone streamer. I listen to both Atmos music tracks and MQA tracks using the Tidal app on my Apple TV connected to a Denon 6700 AVR in a Atmos 7.1.4. It works really well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Drifter, post: 1068187, member: 13448"] The formats you mentioned are all surround sound, so you obviously need an AVR as an amp. [b]MQA:[/b] The Tidal app does the first MQA unfold, so the need and benefit of having an AVR with an MQA capable DAC-chip is debatable. This is obviously a function of the DAC and not the actual streamer. [b]Sony 360[/b] This is headphone focussed suround format. Again, the Tidal app decodes it. [b]Atmos[/b] You need an Atmos capable AVR. Again, the Tidal app sends the Atmos signal to the AVR over Dolby True-HD / Dolby Digital+. So in order to experience all of the above, you simply need a streamer that has a native Tidal app, offers an HDMI output that feeds a Atmos capable AVR. The Apple TV ticks all of those boxes if you want a stand alone streamer. I listen to both Atmos music tracks and MQA tracks using the Tidal app on my Apple TV connected to a Denon 6700 AVR in a Atmos 7.1.4. It works really well. [/QUOTE]
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