Originally Posted by Rolski
The context, again, is whether to bother (with "building" this chain) - while waiting patiently for :-
i) The promised MQA firmware / hardware upgrade to the 861v8 and
ii) More software - Music. Of which there's hardly any yet. With little information regarding release dates / availability. Which makes everything moot !
Moot, indeed. I've heard MQA several times at the last 2 CEA shows as well as in between and I want it. However, I am sitting tight on this until there is a solution for the 861 (and it included multichannel) or until it becomes certain that there will not be one.

Kal Rubinson
"Music in the Round"
Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile