MQA and Berkeley Alpha DAC Reference Series 2

[Mike]

Berkeley Audio Design is pleased to announce the introduction of MQA Rendering planned for Q2 of 2017 as a field installable upgrade for the Alpha DAC Reference Series 2.

When used with MQA core decoding software such as TIDAL HiFi, Roon, Audirvana, etc. the Alpha DAC Reference Series 2 will provide full MQA decoding while minimizing processing noise within the DAC. This approach results in improved audio quality by splitting the MQA processing overhead between external software and the DAC, resulting in lower noise in the DAC and increased D to A conversion accuracy.

Field installation of the MQA Rendering upgrade will be a simple process of placing the DAC in Update Mode by pushing several front panel buttons while powering the DAC on and then playing a provided 44.1 kHz, 16-bit WAV file that contains the software through any of the DAC’s digital inputs.

Berkeley Audio Design is committed to providing the highest possible quality reproduction of MQA encoded recordings and we feel this approach strongly furthers that commitment.

 

[Dpod4]

Waiting to get mine back with upgrade to ref 2. Hoping mqa is already part of the upgrade??


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[audio.bill]

Waiting to get mine back with upgrade to ref 2. Hoping mqa is already part of the upgrade??

I wouldn't expect it to be since the announcement states that the MQA update won't be available until the second quarter of the year. It is planned to be a field upgrade though so once it becomes available shouldn't require being returned to Berkeley.