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I think the problem may have been that any room correction would invalidate the authentication in MQA.
Looking at the recent Roon announcement/release, it would appear a way to step around the issue is now available (partially decoded MQA without the authentication, where the renderer does the final unfolding regardless, but doesn’t show the authentication flag).
Ironically, perhaps, this doesn’t work for Meridian owners yet, as the 818 can’t fully decode partially decoded MQA.
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Jeremy,
Yes, this has just been confirmed on the Roon forum.
I don't think irony quite covers it, honestly, I kind of feel it's time for Meridian to get on with things a bit!
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Hi Jeremy, You're on the money, but I just want to clear up some terms to aid other readers. I think the problem may have been that any room correction would invalidate the authentication in MQA. Not just authentication it would also destroy the encapsulated rendering information which is required to perform the subsequent unfolding during rendering process. Looking at the recent Roon announcement/release, it would appear a way to step around the issue is now available (partially decoded MQA without the authentication, where the renderer does the final unfolding regardless, but doesn’t show the authentication flag). Roon fully decodes (decoding is the first unfold to 2x rate). However, when Roon DSP is required, the rendering information (under the noise floor) is extracted from the MQA signal, the MQA signal is then sent though the DSP and then post DSP Roon reinsert the MQA rendering information ... so it is intact when the signal arrives at the renderer. ..., this doesn’t work for Meridian owners yet, as the 818 can’t fully decode partially decoded MQA. That should read "can't render decoded MQA from an external source". Trust that make sense. Regards, Carl
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Thanks for clarification, Carl, interesting.
The million dollar question - does this mean anything in terms of a possible v9 with MQA...?
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Hi, I posted on that earlier; yes it possible to have not only 2 channel MQA but also multi-channel MQA support in the long overdue v9. "When?" No idea  Regards, Carl
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Sorry I should have backtracked on the thread.
Well, hopefully sooner rather than later, then...
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I just want to clear up some terms to aid other readers Agreed, my response wasn’t as clear or detailed as yours.
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