dfairchild
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On devices with a MQA decoder and MQA renderer built-in, like the V30, UAPP uses these and you get the two MQA unfolds to 176.4/192.Khz. When you buy and use the MQA decoder in UAPP, it can only do the first MQA unfold to 88.2 or 96kHz, since there is no MQA renderer inside the app. An MQA renderer would also need to be different for every DAC used. The first MQA unfold however, is the most important one.
@Davy Wentzler
Hi Davy,
I recently installed UAPP on my venerable LG V30 and it's working and sounding great. I am a Tidal HiFi subscriber, and was just wondering about MQA unfolding via UAPP. "The 2L The Nordic Sound" MQA album on Tidal seem to be a super high 352.8 khz 24 bit album, but UAPP seems to be unfolding it at 176.4 khz under the "direct" setting. It sounds wonderful, and I doubt I could ever hear a difference, but just curious if the 176.4 khz lower number is a function of the DAC chip in the phone or UAPP, or both. Appreciate any insight you can share here, and thanks for the fantastic app.
On devices with a MQA decoder and MQA renderer built-in, like the V30, UAPP uses these and you get the two MQA unfolds to 176.4/192.Khz. When you buy and use the MQA decoder in UAPP, it can only do the first MQA unfold to 88.2 or 96kHz, since there is no MQA renderer inside the app. An MQA renderer would also need to be different for every DAC used. The first MQA unfold however, is the most important one.
@Davy Wentzler
Hi Davy,
I recently installed UAPP on my venerable LG V30 and it's working and sounding great. I am a Tidal HiFi subscriber, and was just wondering about MQA unfolding via UAPP. "The 2L The Nordic Sound" MQA album on Tidal seem to be a super high 352.8 khz 24 bit album, but UAPP seems to be unfolding it at 176.4 khz under the "direct" setting. It sounds wonderful, and I doubt I could ever hear a difference, but just curious if the 176.4 khz lower number is a function of the DAC chip in the phone or UAPP, or both. Appreciate any insight you can share here, and thanks for the fantastic app