Is this MQA news a big deal?

Just now stumbled across this release regarding DACs from ESS adding MQA, but I'm not certain if it means there'll likely be many companies offering MQA decoding soon enough. Or if it perhaps means something else. Any thoughts?

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/05/08/1497989/0/en/SABRE-DACs-from-ESS-Technology-to-Int...

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erik_squires Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 16,056 posts 06-02-2018 at 02:37am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @ptss My statement: 2 - DRM prevents copying. MQA does not do this. I can make copies and send them to others. If they have an MQA capable player, it will play at full resolution. Was specifically about Digital Rights Management, which MQA has nothing to do with. Any MQA file may be copied by any file copy method. Those copies all retain the same qualities of the original MQA file and therefore it is not DRM. It is closer to "Dolby Surround" in that any stereo can pay back "Dolby Surround" but only Dolby branded decoders will enable the full 4 channel playback. But Dolby Surround does not in anyway prevent copying. Best, Erik
peter_veth Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2 posts 06-07-2018 at 08:34pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I am listening to MQA Master albums at several resolutions from 24/44 up to 24/385 and am very impressed what the new format achieves and how it improves the sound quality. One of the better articles out there explaining MQA is this one https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mqa-time-domain-accuracy-digital-audio-quality