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? As far as I know it most certainly can do that. Over in the X16 thread people are using the NODE 2i streamer for example to do just that..
I hope to verify this weekend, but according to the X16's manual, the DAC won't do the first unfold for the S/PDIF inputs:
USB supports MQA full expansion decoding. C0AX/ AES/OPT/IIS supports MQA hardware rendering. Automatically recognize and render the MQA digital stream after the first level is expanded.
Edit: I dragged out my Allo DigiOne Player and a 75Ω COAX S/PDIF cable. I can confirm that DSD64 (DoP) works great on the COAX input of the Gustard X16. MQA Rendering works as advertised as well, however, if I send an MQA stream without doing Core Decoding (first unfold) in Roon, the X16 reports 44.1 or 48 kHz PCM instead of "MQA", "MQA ." or "OFS".
So, if you bought a few of those MQA CDs from Chesky Records or one of the 200+ "UHQCD" discs from CD Japan, the Gustard X16 won't decode them when being fed over COAX S/PDIF from a standard CD transport. You'll have to rip them to FLAC and stream over USB (or buy the NEO iDSD from iFi Audio instead). Hey, what do you want for $499??!
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