To listen to MQA with Tidal, you need to have a DAC that supports MQA, or just Tidal Desktop.
can you make me clear?
can you make me clear?
To listen to MQA with Tidal, you need to have a DAC that supports MQA, or just Tidal Desktop.
can you make me clear?
You can listen to MQA without Tidal Desktop via Roon or Audirvana+. You can listen to MQA unfolded with the Tidal desktop app, Audirvana+ and soon Roon. To listen to the final upsampling stage of MQA you will need certified MQA DAC.
So to answer your question, no you don't need a MQA DAC to listen to MQA.
wow! your answer is precise! so what are the dacs that support MQA for?
No, these numbers make no sense at all.core decoder is 2x, renderer is 8x and full decoder is 16x
Hurry up because I have heard Meridian uses MQA filters today. Not to be mistaken for a improvement compared to their anti apodzing filters.Meridian DACs for more on the apodizing idea
im read that MQA max is 24bit/354Hz, im see at Xduoo TA-22 dac/amp and this shows MQA renderer 34bit/384khz ,so what is it? true?No, these numbers make no sense at all.
MQA is lossy compression of hires recordings to save bandwidth.
What ever the source is, MQA is limited to 96 kHz.
This will be down sampled to a 24 bit / 48 kHz audio file. By doing so you will lose the 24-48 kHz audio signal.
MQA preserves them by compressing this part and store it below bit 17. That is their audio origami.
Of course all the musical information in bit 17-24 will be destroyed. Basically MQA trades dynamic range for freqency range.
What happens on playback?
The first unfold is probably (MQA is very unclear about this but that has been the marketing strategy from day 1) decoding a FLAC to linear PCM. This will be a 24 bit / 48 kHz file with effectively 17 bits of dynamic range. The origami part won't cause audible distortion.
A media player is allowed to do the 2nd unfolding. The sample rate is doubled to 96 and the origami part is used to reconstruct the 24-48 kHz audio range. Effectively tou now have a 17 bit / 96 kHz recording.
Only licensed hardware is allowed to do the 3th unfolding. If a DAC discover the MQA watermark, if will apply the MQA subscribed minimum phase filters and might apply oversampling. The display of you DAC probably shows 24 / 192 for what is effectively a 17 / 96 file.
A lot of DAC's do oversample and apply minimum fase filters so you might ask your self is MQA is an improvement compared with the original hires PCM file or a downgrade as it is lossy compared with the original.
The main thing is that MQA is FLAC/PCM. There isn't actually a difference in terms of format itself between an MQA file and regular FLAC file. You can play an MQA file as normal on any DAC because it's just PCM.The first unfold is probably (MQA is very unclear about this but that has been the marketing strategy from day 1) decoding a FLAC to linear PCM. This will be a 24 bit / 48 kHz file with effectively 17 bits of dynamic range. The origami part won't cause audible distortion.
This is actually the 'first unfold' or 'core decode'. The '2nd unfold' and '3rd unfold' are done within a DAC, BUT, aren't actually 'unfolding' anything and are just a fixed upsampling filter that is arguably worse than most DAC internal filters. This is why the 2nd/3rd unfold can be added to almost anything and even added retroactively to products. It requires no adaptive/advanced processing and just requires changing the filter coefficients.A media player is allowed to do the 2nd unfolding. The sample rate is doubled to 96 and the origami part is used to reconstruct the 24-48 kHz audio range. Effectively tou now have a 17 bit / 96 kHz recording.
The vast majority of MQA files are actually just 44.1khz. And you'll get a better result by listening to a lossless version.im read that MQA max is 24bit/354Hz, im see at Xduoo TA-22 dac/amp and this shows MQA renderer 34bit/384khz ,so what is it? true?
im read that MQA max is 24bit/354Hz, im see at Xduoo TA-22 dac/amp and this shows MQA renderer 34bit/384khz ,so what is it? true?
The Audeze headphones need good current but they are generally not hard to drive. What amp are you asking about?my lcd-2c cb audeze nominal requere power need 150-250mw , does 1000mW amp will works ok?