[iFi audio]

Too late, that has been taken as an official and legally-binding statement

Aw shucks. Now we're going to be bashed for splling 'em beans regarding iFi future, oh no.

In any case, enjoy your BL!

 

[Yethal]

So, iFi. Will I be able to hear the iDSD Pro during AVS?

 

[HeadStrong]

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/CanJam_Denver_2017/CanJam_Denver_2017_c.htm

MQA reportedly coming as a firmware update! Hopefully this will enable a full decode!

 

[JDUBS]

Where does it say its coming via firmware upgrade?

-Jim

 

[TheoS53]

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/CanJam_Denver_2017/CanJam_Denver_2017_c.htm

MQA reportedly coming as a firmware update! Hopefully this will enable a full decode!

No, it said that iFi is INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY

 

[mandrake50]

The wording of that piece has been changed. When I read it yesterday it said the MQA firmware would be available ...and listed the models. Now it says "could join" and lists the other models.. which makes no sense.
Anyway, we will see. It is not a big deal to me one way or another. I have nothing to encode MQA and don't use any streaming services.

 

[FunctionalDoc]

I spoke to a iFi Rep at RMAF and she said they are working on the MQA and she couldn't guarantee they will be able to do it , but thought looks like all of their products would be able to play MQA except a very old legacy product. I appreciate her non commitment to a time or yes it will happen.

I loved that I got my new volume knob with the orange line and I lost my IEm sensitivity knob and they gave me the one of the demo unit. I said Victoria this is why I love iFi products.

My read between the lines is MQA will happen and I am just taking a wild guess by first quarter next year.

I am excited to see and hear the new pro DAC and stack with the matching amp. I suspect that by end of this year that the Pro DAC will be released .

 

[FunctionalDoc]

The wording of that piece has been changed. When I read it yesterday it said the MQA firmware would be available ...and listed the models. Now it says "could join" and lists the other models.. which makes no sense.
Anyway, we will see. It is not a big deal to me one way or another. I have nothing to encode MQA and don't use any streaming services.

Tidal has MQA streaming at the masters level.
https://www.whathifi.com/tidalmasters/review

 

[HeadStrong]

Yes, the wording was changed after I first read the article. Here’s his reply to my inquiry on the CanJam thread...

Yours is the first report that I’ve seen regarding a firmware MQA update for the iFi DACs - I don’t even see any mention of it on the iFi website. Previously I thought only the nano black label and probably the Pro would do MQA. Do you know if the firmware enables a full decode or is a software unfold required?

I believe it does the full decode. They were playing tidal at their booth and it was set "Hif"i when I got there, and after talking with them I switched it over to MQA with passthrough... I believe that means the hardware is doing all the work. It did sound very nice with the Masters tracks I listened to once I switched it over. Apparently it is working with most of their devices now, but I guess they are still tweaking it before release because there was still a problem with one of the devices. (It might have been the Nano, but I'm not sure... I do know that they have it working with the micro iDAC2 and the micro iDSD Black Label for sure).

 

[mandrake50]

I am sure that they do... but as I said, I do NOT subscribe to any music streaming services. With close to 5 TB of music, I don't need the additional expense.

 

[Dobrescu George]

I am sure that they do... but as I said, I do NOT subscribe to any music streaming services. With close to 5 TB of music, I don't need the additional expense.

That moment when I actually want people to get MQA to be happy but I personally don't have any streaming services either, and I won't get into another new format thingy, Redbook flac is enough to get a lot of enjoyment.

 

[iFi audio]

So, iFi. Will I be able to hear the iDSD Pro during AVS?

Sadly, no.

 

[iFi audio]

I spoke to a iFi Rep at RMAF and she said they are working on the MQA and she couldn't guarantee they will be able to do it , but thought looks like all of their products would be able to play MQA except a very old legacy product. I appreciate her non commitment to a time or yes it will happen.

I loved that I got my new volume knob with the orange line and I lost my IEm sensitivity knob and they gave me the one of the demo unit. I said Victoria this is why I love iFi products.

My read between the lines is MQA will happen and I am just taking a wild guess by first quarter next year.

I am excited to see and hear the new pro DAC and stack with the matching amp. I suspect that by end of this year that the Pro DAC will be released .

For now two things are as certain as death and taxes :

1. nano iDSD Black Label will support MQA.
2. As far as EVERY other product is involved (both stuff upcoming and already on the market), we are looking into MQA and having said that, when there's something to announce, rest assured that we will do it here.

 

[chungjun]

Oh well... I'm pretty excited about these to implement as part of the chain into iDSD(BL)...

Gemini3.0 (https://ifi-audio.com/portfolio-view/gemini3-0/)
Mercury3.0 (https://ifi-audio.com/portfolio-view/mercury3-0/)

Do they really make a difference? Who cares... they looked pretty darn good, they must sound good, no?

 

[iFi audio]

Oh well... I'm pretty excited about these to implement as part of the chain into iDSD(BL)...

Gemini3.0 (https://ifi-audio.com/portfolio-view/gemini3-0/)
Mercury3.0 (https://ifi-audio.com/portfolio-view/mercury3-0/)

Do they really make a difference? Who cares... they looked pretty darn good, they must sound good, no?

That's not for us to say, but in the thread below:

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/ifi-audio-gemini3-0-mercury3-0-the-new-dynamic-duo.863284/

...you'll probably find the answer to your question in near future