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April 15, 2017, 07:30 PM #1Super Moderator
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Will Lumin U1 pass MQA from Tidal to MQA compatible DAC and fully let the DAC decode the stream?
Anyone with experience doing this?
Does my question make sense?Last edited by joeinid; April 15, 2017 at 07:33 PM.
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Re: Will Lumin U1 pass MQA from Tidal to MQA compatible DAC and fully let the DAC decode the stream?
Joe - Your question is perfectly valid, basically asking whether the Lumin U1 has a Tidal MQA passthru mode for full MQA decoding to be done by a compatible DAC. Unfortunately I don't know the answer but Peter certainly will.
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Re: Will Lumin U1 pass MQA from Tidal to MQA compatible DAC and fully let the DAC decode the stream?
Thank you for restating it very well. I don't have an MQA dac at the moment but I'm getting an itchy trigger finger and thinking about the Mytek Brooklyn for fun.
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Re: Will Lumin U1 pass MQA from Tidal to MQA compatible DAC and fully let the DAC decode the stream?
Yes, U1 should be able to passthrough MQA from native Tidal playback, if volume control is OFF and resampling for 44.1kHz and 48kHz are disabled for firmware 8.* and earlier. (This is from my understanding, although we don't have a MQA DAC to test with yet.)
A scenario that does not work would be using AirPlay: if you use Tidal native app then AirPlay to Lumin, MQA integrity is destroyed because AirPlay is 16/44.1 only, while Tidal MQA is delivered in 24/48 or 24/44.1.Peter Lie
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Re: Will Lumin U1 pass MQA from Tidal to MQA compatible DAC and fully let the DAC decode the stream?
Thank you Peter.
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