[slugworth]

Do dacs with a built in renderer such as Mytek Manhattan ll, MSB, Aurender A10, etc., that are MQA enabled need a separate pc/Mac to do the complete MQA unfolding?

[firedog]

If they are certified MQA DACs and can accommodate the full resolution of the unfolded MQA file, then no. The MQA unfolding should work with a direct connection from the server to the DAC. The Myteks are an example. I'm not familiar enough with the others to give you an answer about them.

[JLM]

AFAIK the MQA decoding is strictly a function of the MQA certified DAC.  So like any other DAC it needs to fed a digital signal (recorded or streamed) from a PC/Mac or some other streaming device.

[jarcher]

Aurender A10 definitely doesn't need anything external : handles everything internally.

Others Mqa dacs would need something to pass them the Mqa file such as a computer or Aurender server. All decoding would be done in the DAC.