Given the emphasis on the role of the DAC in the fingerprinting process, wouldn't SE speakers take care of the whole decoding/unfolding all by themselves and wouldn't just sending an 'untouched' MQA file be sufficient?

In that case, perhaps current MSx00 (and other legacy) devices would suffice for MQA compliancy for SE's as they just need to pass the file through the digital chain. 818v3, Prime and Explorer 2 need to be fully certified since they have analog out.

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