Basshead Paul
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I discovered a reason why MQA might be sounding so much better to me. It might not be due to the temporal deblurring, so you guys could be right.
Basically, it sounds better to me because I'm using a Dragonfly Red. Normally, a DFR maxes out at 24/96. But that limit is placed artificially on incoming files to make the DFR more compatible... No need to install drivers, etc. The Dragonfly Red can output much higher resolutions if it's playing MQA files, because the incoming MQA is under the 96/24 limit, but can be unfolded inside the dac to higher resolutions.
So, basically, I'm listening to much higher resolutions than before when I'm listening to MQA files on Tidal.
That's useful in its own right, but I am starting to believe you guys about temporal blurring. Maybe that's not why it sounds better after all.
I suppose temporal blurring could be helping the sound quality too, along with the increased resolution. It can't hurt to fix timing issues.
Basically, it sounds better to me because I'm using a Dragonfly Red. Normally, a DFR maxes out at 24/96. But that limit is placed artificially on incoming files to make the DFR more compatible... No need to install drivers, etc. The Dragonfly Red can output much higher resolutions if it's playing MQA files, because the incoming MQA is under the 96/24 limit, but can be unfolded inside the dac to higher resolutions.
So, basically, I'm listening to much higher resolutions than before when I'm listening to MQA files on Tidal.
That's useful in its own right, but I am starting to believe you guys about temporal blurring. Maybe that's not why it sounds better after all.
I suppose temporal blurring could be helping the sound quality too, along with the increased resolution. It can't hurt to fix timing issues.
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