We are all of the above actually - Bluesound Players on their own act as a full decoder and can do all the work through the analogue output on the Node/NODE 2 or Vault/VAULT 2..

When using the COAX or Optical output on these models, we are simply a code decoder and limited to 96Khz output. (Note only Gen 2 have COAX out).

At MQA's request though, we added in BluOS 2.12.x this past summer the ability to be a renderer on the Node/NODE 2 or Vault/VAULT 2 by selecting 'MQA External DAC' and setting it to 'Yes' in the Audio settings menu as explained here; https://support.bluesound.com/hc/en-us/ ... 5006191908