In Reply to: RE: Mastersound (MQA) on Tidal streaming posted by TubeDriver on January 5, 2017 at 16:50:30:
" Yup my DAC (PS Audio PWD II) is definitely playing at 24/88 and 96k rates whenever a "Master" album is selected."
If you haven't got an MQA decoder than it simply cannot be. Are you looking at your PS Audio device's display? If so maybe it is picking up on a format "flag" in the stream? But it cannot be that data rate from Tidal without MQA decoding. Of course I am assuming that you have not, for example, selected 24/96 as the rate in, say, Windows sound on a PC as the PS Audio device will then be getting an upsampled stream.
If it does sounds better then normal then you are validating MQA's claim that even with standard reproduction an MQA Master encoded recording will sound better than CD. NB: this is because they claim that the process corrects errors caused by the digital filter used when mastering or digitising the original.
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- RE: Mastersound (MQA) on Tidal streaming - PAR 03:32:56 01/06/17 (29)
- RE: Mastersound (MQA) on Tidal streaming - TubeDriver 07:48:00 01/06/17 (28)
- RE: Mastersound (MQA) on Tidal streaming - PAR 09:43:39 01/06/17 (27)
- RE: Mastersound (MQA) on Tidal streaming - ahendler 12:43:09 01/06/17 (26)
- RE: Mastersound (MQA) on Tidal streaming - PAR 03:31:58 01/07/17 (25)
- RE: Mastersound (MQA) on Tidal streaming - ahendler 07:48:46 01/07/17 (14)
- RE: Mastersound (MQA) on Tidal streaming - TubeDriver 08:57:40 01/07/17 (2)
- TIDAL seems to be setting my MIDI setup to 88.2... - Ivan303 14:25:56 01/08/17 (1)
- While "YES" 'Fragile' takes control of Audi MIDI at 96,000... - Ivan303 14:35:02 01/08/17 (0)
- RE: Mastersound (MQA) on Tidal streaming - PAR 08:13:05 01/07/17 (9)
- That would explain why Alan isn't getting the MQA light... - Ivan303 17:11:29 01/08/17 (8)
- RE: That would explain why Alan isn't getting the MQA light... - PAR 20:46:55 01/08/17 (5)
- RE: That would explain why Alan isn't getting the MQA light... - ahendler 14:17:06 01/09/17 (3)
- RE: That would explain why Alan isn't getting the MQA light... - PAR 19:28:20 01/09/17 (2)
- RE: That would explain why Alan isn't getting the MQA light... - ahendler 07:35:43 01/10/17 (1)
- RE: That would explain why Alan isn't getting the MQA light... - PAR 08:25:48 01/10/17 (0)
- RE: "Can I afford or justify both Tidal and Qobuz?" - Ivan303 07:23:58 01/09/17 (0)
- RE: That would explain why Alan isn't getting the MQA light... - bullethead 17:17:28 01/08/17 (1)
- RE: That would explain why Alan isn't getting the MQA light... - ahendler 17:57:37 01/08/17 (0)
- Handshake - bullethead 07:56:43 01/07/17 (0)
- great - bullethead 06:11:14 01/07/17 (7)
- RE: great - PAR 08:03:20 01/07/17 (6)
- RE: great - bullethead 08:12:08 01/07/17 (5)
- RE: great - ahendler 09:32:05 01/07/17 (4)
- RE: great - TubeDriver 09:54:10 01/07/17 (0)
- RE: great - bullethead 09:33:48 01/07/17 (2)
- RE: great - ahendler 15:15:39 01/07/17 (1)
- Can you see the blue light and all 3 dots in direct mode? - bullethead 15:20:53 01/07/17 (0)
- RE: Mastersound (MQA) on Tidal streaming - TubeDriver 05:30:04 01/07/17 (1)
- RE: Mastersound (MQA) on Tidal streaming - TubeDriver 05:52:53 01/07/17 (0)