Paging John Marks or Kal Rubinson

The desktop ap does a partial decode in software .. its not quite the full monty where the dacs characteristics are known but its pretty good.
you can check it out under tidal settings / streaming ..hover near your output device and a cog will appear , click on it and you have the option of passthrough MQA .. clicking on or off while you are listening will either pass it thru if on or if off , decode it .. difference is pretty obvious

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RE: Paging John Marks or Kal Rubinson, posted on January 8, 2017 at 08:50:54
ahendler Audiophile Posts: 5151 Location: San Antonio, Texas Joined: January 24, 2003	Thanks Why would you use the passthrough? Alan

Can't help., posted on January 8, 2017 at 10:40:54
Kal Rubinson Reviewer Posts: 12435 Location: New York Joined: June 5, 2002	I do not use Tidal nor have I tried MQA, yet.

RE: "Why would you use the passthrough?"..., posted on January 8, 2017 at 10:44:00
Ivan303 Audiophile Posts: 48887 Location: Cadiere d'azur FRANCE - Santa Fe, NM Joined: February 26, 2001	So you can hear the 44.1/16 Lossless FLAC version without additional processing? Wonder how the MQA on a non-MQA DAC sounds compared to Amarra for TIDAL on the same DAC? First they came for the dumb-asses And I did not speak out Because I was not a dumb-ass

RE: Paging John Marks or Kal Rubinson, posted on January 8, 2017 at 11:58:51
Rodney Gold Audiophile Posts: 1615 Location: Cape Town South Africa Joined: September 24, 1999	If you have a MQA dac , you use pass thru so it decodes , not the computer Rodney Gold Cape Town Roon/tidal>SBT>DIRAC{minidSP DDRC22) Twin Devialet D'Premiers- Vivid Audio Giya G1 Spirits , dedicated and fully treated room

RE: Paging John Marks or Kal Rubinson, posted on January 8, 2017 at 13:48:09
ahendler Audiophile Posts: 5151 Location: San Antonio, Texas Joined: January 24, 2003	I went to check this out and now playing MQA master files the blue light on the explorer2 does not light up in passthrough either on or off. Rebooted system and still no blue light. Worked fine the last two days. Guess I will try later today Alan

RE: "Why would you use the passthrough?"..., posted on January 8, 2017 at 18:02:46
ahendler Audiophile Posts: 5151 Location: San Antonio, Texas Joined: January 24, 2003	No you would not here a 16/44 file if playing a master file with passthrough turned on. You would here the 24/96 file used to carry the MQA encoding. Alan

RE: Paging John Marks or Kal Rubinson, posted on January 9, 2017 at 10:45:47
calloway Audiophile Posts: 729 Joined: February 12, 2000	no matter what I check or don't check,on the Tidal app, my Lumin..that does not decode MQA.. only shows 16/44 on the Master albums that I add to my Playlist..

RE: Paging John Marks or Kal Rubinson, posted on January 9, 2017 at 14:14:08
ahendler Audiophile Posts: 5151 Location: San Antonio, Texas Joined: January 24, 2003	Do you have passthrough turned on or off? Alan

John Marks or Kal Rubinson Are Almost The Same, posted on January 12, 2017 at 20:30:05
Newey Audiophile Posts: 537 Location: Chicago Joined: December 26, 2012	They dress alike and think alike. They may even be the same person. Severius! Supremus Invictus

RE: John Marks or Kal Rubinson Are Almost The Same, posted on January 13, 2017 at 08:44:49
Kal Rubinson Reviewer Posts: 12435 Location: New York Joined: June 5, 2002	Obviously, you know neither of us.

I Know Everything Cause I Have ESPN [nt], posted on January 13, 2017 at 20:35:17
Newey Audiophile Posts: 537 Location: Chicago Joined: December 26, 2012	t Severius! Supremus Invictus

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