Not sure what you mean here - but it wouldn't be a DAC.

Any legacy speaker capable of handling MHR should be able to benefit from some MQA decoding (probably unfolded to 24/96, the limit of the DAC in the speaker) once the MS200/ MS600 replacements are introduced (and, one presumes, once the DSP firmware is updated at the same time). Encryption of the undecoded stream is critical to the implementation of MQA - this is a requirement of MQA Ltd and applies to all manufacturers.

(I am aware that some feel that legacy DSPs are already unfolding and playing decoded MQA when fed from an 818v3 - I don't think this is the case, it being more likely, in my view, that legacy DSPs simply receive the upsampled undecoded MQA signal).


Streaming: Roon, NUC, QNAP869 NAS
2ch system: dCS Vivaldi, Audionet Stern, Audionet Heisenberg, Magico Q1
Retro system: 101/104/105, Red Rose Spirit