Pioneer Says It Will Release MQA Update This Month for Select Gear, More to Follow

Select Pioneer home audio products will get a free firmware update this month enabling playback of Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) files, the company said last week. Products receiving the update in the initial round are NC-50 and NC-50 DAB network audio players with built-in CD player and stereo amplifier and N-70AE and N-50AE network audio players. Pioneer is working with MQA to get playback support on more Onkyo and Pioneer home audio products with availability slated for spring, it said.