Originally Posted by RobertW
... then the 218 could do some part of rendering for the non SE speakers as the 218 have the option to select "Renderer only"?

Could that maybe a future option for non-SE speakers?
No, MQA rendering is performed in the MQA DAC.

The digital output, by its nature does not have a DAC of course.

If you want MQA rendering with the DSP they must be updated to SE spec.

Regards,
Carl

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