If MHR is selected, it is sent to all outputs so the co-ax out is useless.
I'd not say "useless" they too would work fine when connected to legacy 24 bit Meridian DSP's that support MHR. The 210 isn't really designed to drive a MHR and non-MHR device simultaneously.
I guess the question that some want confirming is can the 210 be used to send a decoded MQA signal (MQB) to a 3rd party MQA DAC via coax for rendering. Maybe yourself or another 210 owner could confirm.
... opinion here seems to be that MQA through Roon isn't a proper implementation (is that right?).
Where has that been suggested? Roon's handling of it is just fine, there are two options:
- Pass through the unfolded MQA signal perfectly.
- MQA decode (first unfold) and output a MQB signal (Roon can even apply it's DSP functions and still maintain MQB integrity).
In contrast, Meridian's present implementation of MQA rendering (when feeding the DACs) is limited; and appears to only function correctly when feed decoded MQA from a Meridian MQA decoder via SpeakerLink. That said, to be fair, I believe this was down to stricter MQA licence conditions that were present at the time (M being the first adopter).
There is recent talk of new Meridian firmware for their "performance" [5200.2, 7200.2 & 8000.2] and SE DSP speakers to enable them to render a [standard] MQB signal Roon and other non-M decoder's output. Watch this space.
Regards,
Carl
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