HA!!It is way too complicated! I tend to think of MQA the way my Roon setup does:
As for whether a first unfold MQA sounds better than plain FLAC (at the same sample rate), I would expect so but I really don't know. Also there is an issue that some believe Tidal no longer streams plain unadulterated FLAC for tracks available in MQA and just streams the MQA version (which technically should have some low level noise from MQA encoding).
Yes, I remember seeing that in my Roon settings!!
I still have no firm grasp on why this issue "seems" to be so important to those without a "Renderer Only" DAC attached to it, that I understand completely, but to need a unit to do the first unfold only to a non-MQA DAC still trips my brain up.
I mean no insult to anyone that thinks this way I just don't understand it, and would honestly love to. I always feel like I'm missing some secret sauce when this topic comes up, my perspective is if you are already paying for the Master tier, why not get a DAC capable of what you're paying for?
Thanks for your reply!
Cheers!!
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