Ken G
500+ Head-Fier
MQA Studio files can go upto 24 bit 352.8 khz or more , if I am not wrong .
If I remember correctly though, there is no way to tell the MQA unfolded resolution directly from the Tidal app. Most people are only able to discern the kHz based on the numbers (or lights lit up ) on their DAC, right?
I just tested what Palash mentioned on the R3 defaulting to the non-MQA and it seems accurate if somewhat inconsistent. For example, I have the MQA version of Beggar Banquet from the Stones saved in my favorites but when I play it, the R3 does default to the FLAC version. However I found that the ECM label album "Where the River Goes" plays as MQA despite the fact that there is a non-MQA version of that title (although the artists are labeled inconsistently between the two versions - so perhaps that is the disconnect).
Really strange.
Palash, do you have any examples at your fingertips of MQA studio that don't have a non-MQA version?