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can i ask does qutest support mqa
All the decoding has to be done by the music source, that then feeds the input for the Qutest.can i ask does qutest support mqa
All the decoding has to be done by the music source, that then feeds the input for the Qutest.
can i ask does qutest support mqa
Don't bother with it.can i ask does qutest support mqa
well i am connecting my laptop to chord, and using tidal
In a word, no. Any MQA unfolding has to be done by software before the digital signal is fed to Qutest.
Rob Watts has given good reasons though to stay well clear of MQA. (Sorry but his post is hidden somewhere in one of the Chord threads or maybe in Rob Watts own blog).
i am just confused what software unfolding if i am using tidal, is not supposed to that work and feed it to the dac
The tidal app has to do the software unfolding - the unfolding cannot be done by the Qutest.i am just confused what software unfolding if i am using tidal, is it not supposed to do that work and feed it to the dac
also i see the light colour changes when i use mqa vs non mqa on the qutest
Tidal is unable to decode the mqa material through its player however you will still get slightly higher res music than standard 16bit just not full mqa. I have both roon and audirava which offer mqa software decoding. There is a lot of bad vibe regarding mqa but I like it and can hear a big difference I would like to try Quobuz sublime but at £350 a year subscription I can't justify it.i am just confused what software unfolding if i am using tidal, is it not supposed to do that work and feed it to the dac
also i see the light colour changes when i use mqa vs non mqa on the qutest
so if i use roon can I then get full mqa support and roon work with tidal, sorry for these noob questionsTidal is unable to decode the mqa material through its player however you will still get slightly higher res music than standard 16bit just not full mqa. I have both roon and audirava which offer mqa software decoding. There is a lot of bad vibe regarding mqa but I like it and can hear a big difference I would like to try Quobuz sublime but at £350 a year subscription I can't justify it.
@Rob Watts has posted several times regarding MQA, and this is one example https://www.head-fi.org/threads/watts-up.800264/page-65#post-14414362so if i use roon can then get full mqa support and roon work with tidal, sorry for these noob questions
Roon and audirava will decode more than tidal, only a fully supported dac can do 100% but I'm happy with the software root. Both roon and audirava support tidal streaming basically you log into your account on either of the above and away you go.so if i use roon can I then get full mqa support and roon work with tidal, sorry for these noob questions
Roon and audirava will decode more than tidal, only a fully supported dac can do 100% but I'm happy with the software root. Both roon and audirava support tidal streaming basically you log into your account on either of the above and away you go.
Tidal is unable to decode the mqa material through its player however you will still get slightly higher res music than standard 16bit just not full mqa. I have both roon and audirava which offer mqa software decoding. There is a lot of bad vibe regarding mqa but I like it and can hear a big difference I would like to try Quobuz sublime but at £350 a year subscription I can't justify it.