Originally Posted by Dollar2
Direct still goes through MRC so the 861 is involved. We still don't know if MRC is going to be an issue for MQA. I, for one, am hoping it doesn't.
Anything which modifies the bits prior to decoding the MQA is an issue. Therefore, MRC is an issue if you wish to feed the MQA file to the 861v8.

However, in an 861v8 --> 818v3 --> DSP scenario, clearly the MQA should be delivered directly to the 818v3.

When I was speaking with Bob and Richard back in Nov 2014, they were clear that DSP modes (and by implication MRC) were not incompatible with MQA [in an 861 which supports MQA].

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