ROON READY OPERATION
When the DMS-500/550/600 are set as a decoder only, you can see from the signal path that ONLY
the DMS-500/550/600 are fully decoding the MQA file to its fullest resolution without any rendering.
This is a Preferred method.
When the DMS-500/550/600 are set as a renderer, you can see from the signal path there are now
two-steps to the MQA decoding process. First the Roon Core software will decode the first unfold,
then the DMS will render the second and third unfolding. For most circumstances, this is not
necessary, and it would be better to let the DMS-500/550/600 decode the full MQA signal.
Enabling Roon MQA Core decoding is only needed if you are using Roon DSP to process the signal
before it reaches the DMS-500/550/600, then Roon will want to handle the first MQA unfolding so
that whatever DSP you are using can be applied.
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