Originally Posted by OldDogCan
New speaker firmware to fix their faulty MQA implementation?
Such that I can use room correction, or other DSP, after the first unfold and still enjoy rendering by the speakers?
Other MQA licensees, such as with my iFi and Audioquest DACs, function properly in this regard, but not the 218, Explorer2 or SE speakers I own.
Will my other Meridian products ever become fully functional?
Sometimes I feel that I am Meridians biggest critic but I don't think it is fair to say their implementation of MQA is faulty as such. Especially as they were pretty much one of the first licensees out of the gate with a solution. Legacy, outdated perhaps, maybe even short sighted but certainly not faulty. If they are now changing their implementation to better reflect the market needs then I am all for it even though I think it probably lacks several things such as support for legacy products and almost certainly Meridian's own DSP IP such as Trifield and MRC. Still the ability to do DSP in a third-party product such as Roon is all I reasonably expected even if I hoped for more.

As to other Meridian products being fully functional I am not sure what you mean. I think that they are fully functional in a closed Meridian ecosystem but would be interested to hear views on what functionality is lacking. From my perspective I upgraded to a 5200SE centre years ago and then 5200SE fronts before changing them to 7200SEs. Not once in all my time as an SE owner have I ever seen a blue MQA light. If I could somehow unfold MQA in Roon, apply DSP, passthrough via my MS600 to my 7200SEs and see the blue light as the speakers do the final render I would consider myself lucky. Then again when I check my Roon playlists and realise just how little MQA tracks are on it RAAT support of legacy endpoints would probably see more use.

Hearing new firmware is inbound for the speakers is encouraging and I will certainly be enquiring more about this. Who knows maybe seeing a blue MQA light on my SEs for the first time might encourage me to work harder at finding MQA material which still seems in far to short a supply given some of the promises of yesteryear.

Anthony.

Sources: MS600, Fidelity Audio Reference Oppo UHD-203, Roon/QNAP, AppleTV 4K
Processors: Arcam AV40, 271 x2, Lumagen 5348 with Keces P8
Speakers: DSP7200SE FL/FR, DSP5200SE VC, DSP3200 x11, DSP320.2 VOG, DSW x4
Display: JVC DLA-N7 with PK-EM2, Panamorph Phoenix Pro, 128" 2.37 Curved Silver Ticket AT Screen