The roll-out of MQA being almost entirely non-classical is indeed disappointing for those of us who like that kind of thing. Along with the almost total lack of download sales (that I've found) the whole thing has suddenly become relatively irrelevant to me.

Much though I disapprove of DSD (Bob please note), I am buying and ripping a lot of s/h SACDs on eBay at the moment. That is a better way to get high resolution in the repertoire I want. (Your 818v3 will do a great job with DSD too, btw.)


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