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RE: Mastersound (MQA) on Tidal streaming

Guys you need to do some reading on how MQA works. The platform for a MQA file is 24/96 or 24/88. The process then use the lower bits of these files to do the MQA encoding. That is why your dacs show 24/96 or 24/88 but you are not getting 24 bit resolution. The MQA file has to be decoded to get the original master resolution
Again unless you have a dac that has a built in MQA decoder you are not hearing true MQA. I agree that the non decoded MQA files seem to sound a little better than the 16/44 file
Alan
Alan

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