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    Tidal and MQA Files

    The reason I started this thread is that some of the digital cognoscenti have proclaimed MQA to be the greatest sounding digital ever. MQA was going to lead everyone into the digital promised land. My reaction so far to MQA is quite the opposite which made me wonder are people listening to different MQA files than I am on Tidal. There is something going on with MQA that causes the top end to stick out in the mix and people are constantly talking about how cymbals sound "better" with MQA files. I think making the high end stick out in the mix is coming at the expense of the body of the music which has been put on a keto/vegan friendly diet. It's like drinking diet coke when you were expecting real coke. Margarine instead of butter, Miracle Whip instead of Duke's Mayonnaise. I think you get the point that the files have been manipulated in the MQA process in a way that is not faithful to the actual recording..

    I also find there are some jazz titles that are 16/44.1 on Tidal that blow MQA files away with regards to overall sound quality. But then there are some 16/44.1 files that smoke some 24/192 files too. I'm becoming less and less convinced that so called hi-rez files are inherently better than RBCD.

    Has anyone purchased MQA discs and compared them against the same title on Tidal?
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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    I agree Mark as I have never understood all the excitement about MQA. I have listened to MQA files through five different compatible streamers and never thought the results sounded right to me except in a few rare cases. I have been an almost exclusive Qobuz user for over 18 months.
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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    Quote Originally Posted by mep View Post
    The reason I started this thread is that some of the digital cognoscenti have proclaimed MQA to be the greatest sounding digital ever. MQA was going to lead everyone into the digital promised land.



    Some audio journalists are hearing deficiencies precisely along the lines you have mentioned.


    If you can find it check out HIFICRITIC (Vol 12/No.4). It contains a very critical piece on MQA. Copied below is an interesting quote from the article:


    [MQA's minimum-phase filter]... gives the impression of a more detailed sound by delaying the arrival of treble frequencies with respect to bass and midrange. However, the resulting phase distortion can manifest as loss of musical coherence, of subjective timing, and an unnatural acceleration of musical pace. Soundstage precision and proportions are also skewed... In short, while claiming to deblur the sound, to these ears [MQA's] non-linear phase processing has the contrary effect, blurring musical timing, and spatial presentation.
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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    Quote Originally Posted by mep View Post
    Has anyone purchased MQA discs and compared them against the same title on Tidal?
    In terms of the technical format, 16-bit MQA CD is inferior to 24-bit MQA on Tidal.
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    Glad to know that some other people are hearing what I’m hearing.
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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    IMO keep the MQA files coming, transients are tighter, increase of soundstage and generally more "foot tapping" musicality (timing)

    I am using an Aurender N10 as streamer and a dCS Rossini as DAC. (Tidal/Qobuz/Aurender SSD)

    Reading so many positive/negative opinions on MQA, to me it is just another option to play music, in the end the recording itself is most important, a bad recording will not sound good through any file format.
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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    Just like high-res files, MQA files are highly variable, some better and some worse than the redbook version. I would say the majority are better. You have to listen and then choose. For me, it’s another arrow in the quiver.

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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    Quote Originally Posted by imprezap2 View Post
    IMO keep the MQA files coming, transients are tighter, increase of soundstage and generally more "foot tapping" musicality (timing)

    I am using an Aurender N10 as streamer and a dCS Rossini as DAC. (Tidal/Qobuz/Aurender SSD)

    Reading so many positive/negative opinions on MQA, to me it is just another option to play music, in the end the recording itself is most important, a bad recording will not sound good through any file format.
    Agreed. It also, still comes down to the implementation and the DAC. I agree especially on the foot tapping musicality. It’s slightly more relaxed to my ears.


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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    Streaming thru my LUMIN U1 to a Chord Dave I much prefer the MQA version in all instances I have a/b them.
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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    saw the new Dido album (i'm a fan) on Tidal, 'Still On My Mind', in 24/88 MQA (44/24), so i played it and really liked it. power pop, well sung and produced. spacious, lush and nice bass. i happen to like her voice.

    i saw the 'add to library' button, but instead went to HD Tracks and downloaded the 44/24 file.

    http://www.hdtracks.com/still-on-my-mind

    no doubt to my ears the 44/24 file sounds some better on the Select II. a little more vivid and focused.

    in direct comparison to the HD Tracks 44/24 file, the Tidal MQA 24/88 seems like it has a very slight smear and softness.

    of course, this is simply how it sounds to me.

    don't get me wrong, I enjoy the MQA versions of the music on Tidal, but also find so far any hi-rez downloads sound better to my ears. I have not compared redbook rips or redbook downloads yet to MQA so have no comment on that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    Agreed. It also, still comes down to the implementation and the DAC. I agree especially on the foot tapping musicality. It’s slightly more relaxed to my ears.


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    Yeah, I only have the Roon Nucleus+ and the PS Audio DSJ so I'm really handicapped to hear how special the MQA files are. Somebody name me one album available on Tidal that is available in both MQA and 16/44.1 (or any other PCM version) and the MQA version is better.
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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    Quote Originally Posted by mep View Post
    Yeah, I only have the Roon Nucleus+ and the PS Audio DSJ so I'm really handicapped to hear how special the MQA files are. Somebody name me one album available on Tidal that is available in both MQA and 16/44.1 (or any other PCM version) and the MQA version is better.
    I have over a hundred MQA files tagged. I haven't heard one MQA file that doesn't sound better than the 16/44.1 version. Of course it was so consistent that I no longer waste time comparing the two. If I have the choice I always tag the MQA version.
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    Quote Originally Posted by still-one View Post
    I have over a hundred MQA files tagged. I haven't heard one MQA file that doesn't sound better than the 16/44.1 version. Of course it was so consistent that I no longer waste time comparing the two. If I have the choice I always tag the MQA version.
    Can you please name just one file that I can compare?
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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    diane krall wallflower is in both formats, i'll play a tune from both and see if I can hear a difference. I would expect the individual hardware to make as much difference also.
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    Quote Originally Posted by steve59 View Post
    diane krall wallflower is in both formats, i'll play a tune from both and see if I can hear a difference. I would expect the individual hardware to make as much difference also.
    Thanks. I will check it out too. And of course hardware makes a difference.
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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    Important is also the streaming setup, for me the icing on the cake was the addition of an "audiophile" network switch (galvanic isolated connections).
    This network switch improved streaming performance in my system very close to the performance of playing directly from my Aurender SSD.
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    Quote Originally Posted by imprezap2 View Post
    Important is also the streaming setup, for me the icing on the cake was the addition of an "audiophile" network switch (galvanic isolated connections).
    This network switch improved streaming performance in my system very close to the performance of playing directly from my Aurender SSD.
    My setup is pretty straight forward. CAT 8 cable run from my Infinity router downstairs to my stereo room upstairs and terminated behind my digital rack of gear. From the wall I have a CAT 8 cable run to my Netgear router. My Roon Nucleus+ and my PS Audio DSJ are both plugged into my Netgear router with CAT 8 cables. I don't have any digital dingleberries hanging off my network. To date, I have not had any dropouts.
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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    Quote Originally Posted by mep View Post
    Can you please name just one file that I can compare?
    https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/0c...d-2b61169fd462


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    Tidal and MQA Files

    Mark, see list above.

    If you can’t hear it on Andrea Bocelli’s Prayer with Katharine McPhee, time for a new DAC!

    The 16/44 sounds like it’s been put through the digital blender.

    Mark, keep in mind that your DAC converts EVERYTHING to DSD, even MQA, hence the reason you aren’t hearing much difference IMHO.


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    Thanks for the list Mike. How many people are using upsamplers and converting all of their files to DSD? I think there a lots of them. When I first reviewed the DSJ, it made all of my PCM files sound better than when played natively than through the Mytek Stereo 192. That was in a different time in a different room in different state with a different server. Reviewing the latest Mojo server showed me how much the laptop server was holding the Mytek Stereo 192 back. I don't care what anyone says, the Mytek Stereo 192 still sounds great and I would still be using it if it had a Roon end point built in.
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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    i couldn’t be sure either but the DSP8000’s probably sample everything up or down to the same resolution
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    Quote Originally Posted by mep View Post
    Thanks for the list Mike. How many people are using upsamplers and converting all of their files to DSD? I think there a lots of them. When I first reviewed the DSJ, it made all of my PCM files sound better than when played natively than through the Mytek Stereo 192. That was in a different time in a different room in different state with a different server. Reviewing the latest Mojo server showed me how much the laptop server was holding the Mytek Stereo 192 back. I don't care what anyone says, the Mytek Stereo 192 still sounds great and I would still be using it if it had a Roon end point built in.
    Very few are upsample everything to DSD, including MQA. I think on some resolutions, it can sound like a blanket thrown over the music. On BAD 16/44 recordings, it can help. YMMV.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    Very few are upsample everything to DSD, including MQA. I think on some resolutions, it can sound like a blanket thrown over the music. On BAD 16/44 recordings, it can help. YMMV.

    Consider a Lumin D2/T2 for your needs. Roon endpoint. MQA. Etc.




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    Well, I don’t know how converting a 16/44.1 file to DSD is going to make it shine in comparison to hi-Rez files converted to DSD.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mep View Post
    Well, I don’t know how converting a 16/44.1 file to DSD is going to make it shine in comparison to hi-Rez files converted to DSD.
    A bad 16/44 file can get some lipstick with an upsample to DSD. But a native good sounding 24/96 pcm when converted to DSD will sound like someone put a veil over it.


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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    Let me know how the comparisons go, but I’m still convinced the upsampling of everything to DSD is effecting the results.


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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    Some sound better. Same situation with Redbook, Hi-Res, DSD, MQA....It all goes back upstream to the quality of the recording, mastering, etc. Just because it’s a, pick your flavor format, doesn’t mean it’s better.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mep View Post
    My setup is pretty straight forward. CAT 8 cable run from my Infinity router downstairs to my stereo room upstairs and terminated behind my digital rack of gear. From the wall I have a CAT 8 cable run to my Netgear router. My Roon Nucleus+ and my PS Audio DSJ are both plugged into my Netgear router with CAT 8 cables. I don't have any digital dingleberries hanging off my network. To date, I have not had any dropouts.
    You might want to keep in mind, that also Ethernet cables affect SQ.

    A top Cat7 cable is likely to sound better than a standard Cat8. The Cat standard is a bandwidth definition, which from Cat 6 onwards well exceeds audio requirements.


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    What would you recommend for a 20' run?
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    For that distance I would go wireless.

    Alternatively, a long distance it is of course difficult cost-wise to bridge with a very high-end cable. So I would take the best I can stomach for the long run, and use a short top cable from switch to DAC.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ritmo View Post
    Some sound better. Same situation with Redbook, Hi-Res, DSD, MQA....It all goes back upstream to the quality of the recording, mastering, etc. Just because it’s a, pick your flavor format, doesn’t mean it’s better.
    I agree Mike. I’m just not ready to buy into MikeB’s belief that the reason why 16/44.1 files sound better than MQA files is that the DSJ is putting lipstick on the pig while making “superior” files sound worse. We will see.
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    Quote Originally Posted by imprezap2 View Post
    IMO keep the MQA files coming, transients are tighter, increase of soundstage and generally more "foot tapping" musicality (timing)

    I am using an Aurender N10 as streamer and a dCS Rossini as DAC. (Tidal/Qobuz/Aurender SSD)

    Reading so many positive/negative opinions on MQA, to me it is just another option to play music, in the end the recording itself is most important, a bad recording will not sound good through any file format.
    My experience is similar. I like it. Que ball, not so much.

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    Having had Tidal for a while now and having listened to a lot of familiar music, the music is just not consistent. Some albums sound possibly remastered or manipulated somehow where others sound not so good. I know they tag the album titles but I suspect that isn't to be trusted. Off the top I can't remember an example but I know I've seen albums with the wrong track line up. Billy Cobham, Power Play doesn't match my LP. I just thought of that

    As to MQA, my experience so far is similar to Mike and Mike, it seems softer and can sometimes bring out the melody better. I find the opposite of Imprezap2, MQA seems to have softer transients.

    When I get to where I can have regular comparison, it will just depend on what version sounds best. From following Still One on the music forum I can see why he likes MQA, it would certainly fit his taste in music. I don't see it helping Rock or higher energy music. Maybe, depends on taste
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody View Post
    Having had Tidal for a while now and having listened to a lot of familiar music, the music is just not consistent. Some albums sound possibly remastered or manipulated somehow where others sound not so good. I know they tag the album titles but I suspect that isn't to be trusted. Off the top I can't remember an example but I know I've seen albums with the wrong track line up. Billy Cobham, Power Play doesn't match my LP. I just thought of that

    As to MQA, my experience so far is similar to Mike and Mike, it seems softer and can sometimes bring out the melody better. I find the opposite of Imprezap2, MQA seems to have softer transients.

    When I get to where I can have regular comparison, it will just depend on what version sounds best. From following Still One on the music forum I can see why he likes MQA, it would certainly fit his taste in music. I don't see it helping Rock or higher energy music. Maybe, depends on taste
    This is pretty consistent with my observations from a year ago or so.

    1) The quality of MQA files vary, sometimes it’s better, sometimes it’s worse.
    2) MQA suits some music styles better than others, I still prefer to listen to rock in other formats, as I find them snappier, especially with distorted guitars.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody View Post
    Having had Tidal for a while now and having listened to a lot of familiar music, the music is just not consistent. Some albums sound possibly remastered or manipulated somehow where others sound not so good. I know they tag the album titles but I suspect that isn't to be trusted. Off the top I can't remember an example but I know I've seen albums with the wrong track line up. Billy Cobham, Power Play doesn't match my LP. I just thought of that

    As to MQA, my experience so far is similar to Mike and Mike, it seems softer and can sometimes bring out the melody better. I find the opposite of Imprezap2, MQA seems to have softer transients.

    When I get to where I can have regular comparison, it will just depend on what version sounds best. From following Still One on the music forum I can see why he likes MQA, it would certainly fit his taste in music. I don't see it helping Rock or higher energy music. Maybe, depends on taste

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    So I did a comparison with cuts from two different albums. One cut was Diana Krall singing Desperado from Wallflower and the other was Andrea Bochelli from the Sogno album singing The Prayer that Mike recommended.

    Andrea Bochelli is not my cup of musical tea and I didn't find the album to be recorded very well, at least on the two versions available on Tidal. When Bochelli starts singing, the bottom end is deeper on the MQA version, and I think the MQA version was mastered at a louder level than the 16/44.1. When Dion starts singing her voice sounds good and the violins sound soft and sweet. When they both start singing, it tends to sound a little glassy which makes the voices sound a little shrill. On the 16/44.1 version, Dion's voice sounds lighter, but you can actually here her breathing better. The bottom line is that I don't care for either version and I'm not a fan of the way this album was recorded.

    The Diana Krall song Desperado from the Wallflower was an interesting contrast between MQA and 16/44.1. On the MQA version, there is some digital flatulence at the very beginning of the song and it was there both times I played it. The MQA version sounds brighter and Krall's voice has a glassy edge to it. Piano sustain is MIA on the MQA version. The 16/44.1 version sounded much better to me. You can hear all of the sustain of the piano notes, you can hear her breathing into the microphone and it sounds like you were there in the recording studio when the song was recorded. Oh, and Krall's voice sounds much better than the MQA version.

    So here is a recommendation for those who love jazz, Dave Brubeck, and excellent live recordings. The Dave Brubeck Quartet Live At Carnegie Hall is simply outstanding and it's a 16/44.1 recording. If your system is anywhere near being full range, you are in for a treat. You seldom hear drums recorded this well on modern day recordings. This is simply a great recording with great musicianship. Mike talks about the DAC putting lipstick on the 16/44.1 pig, but that's nonsense with this recording. It's a natural beauty.
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    Is this with your DSJ?


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    We did the same comparison with a DAC that doesn’t upsample everything to DSD and found the opposite.

    I’m telling you, converting everything to DSD is not giving you a true result.

    Can you try your Mytek?

    I just tested the theory and using Roon DSP converted MQA to DSD. Uh...no thanks.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody View Post
    Maybe, depends on taste
    In Koolaid?
    Ok, just kidding
    Yes, heaven forbid it just be a mere preference for "authentic" remastering with some added EQ/aliasing, of artists dead/alive...or not.

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    Here’s another one to try:

    Elton John - Mad Man Across The Water - Levon.

    Listen to how much more rich and full the piano notes are at the beginning of the song with the MQA version.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    Is this with your DSJ?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    We did the same comparison with a DAC that doesn’t upsample everything to DSD and found the opposite.

    I’m telling you, converting everything to DSD is not giving you a true result.

    Can you try your Mytek?

    I just tested the theory and using Roon DSP converted MQA to DSD. Uh...no thanks.


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    Quote Originally Posted by AJ Soundfield View Post
    In Koolaid?
    Ok, just kidding
    Yes, heaven forbid it just be a mere preference for "authentic" remastering with some added EQ/aliasing, of artists dead/alive...or not.
    They have figured out how to get dead recording engineers to sign off on the MQA files as being "authentic."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    Here’s another one to try:

    Elton John - Mad Man Across The Water - Levon.

    Listen to how much more rich and full the piano notes are at the beginning of the song with the MQA version.


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    Listen to how much richer, fuller, and more sustain the piano has on the Krall cut I mentioned above with 16/44.1 vice the MQA version.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mep View Post
    Mike-The Mytek won't work with the Roon Nucleus+ because it's not a Roon endpoint. I wish I could hear it though. Additionally, I struggle with the concept that converting PCM files to DSD via the DSJ only affects MQA files and not PCM files of all resolutions.
    It does affect all PCM files regardless of resolution. Converting to DSD giveth and taketh away.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    It does affect all PCM files regardless of resolution. Converting to DSD giveth and taketh away.


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    Quote Originally Posted by mep View Post
    Listen to how much richer, fuller, and more sustain the piano has on the Krall cut I mentioned above with 16/44.1 vice the MQA version.
    Ok, just tried it again. The MQA version had more natural piano and vocals UNLESS I use Roon DSP to convert it to DSD, then it sounds it’s been through the proverbial digital blender.

    Her voice especially changes. If I do that, I do hear the glassy quality. Piano at the beginning is also quite noticeable.

    BUT, I DID like the 16/44 converted to DSD and have to say this version, the vocals sounded best. But I did hear a veil over the performance. Everything seemed less transparent and smaller.

    And no issues at the beginning of either version.


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    So here is a recommendation for those who love jazz, Dave Brubeck, and excellent live recordings. The Dave Brubeck Quartet Live At Carnegie Hall is simply outstanding and it's a 16/44.1 recording. If your system is anywhere near being full range, you are in for a treat. You seldom hear drums recorded this well on modern day recordings. This is simply a great recording with great musicianship. Mike talks about the DAC putting lipstick on the 16/44.1 pig, but that's nonsense with this recording. It's a natural beauty.
    Mark - Indeed a great recommendation.
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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    To clarify, what I said was that upsampling a BAD 16/44 to DSD can help take the edge off. Of course there are plenty of great 16/44 recordings.


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    Re: Tidal and MQA Files

    I leave MQA files alone and let the Upsampler and DAC process those with MQA filters. For the last month or two I have all 16/44.1 files going to 2X DSD and it sounds great. Previously I had been going with DXD (which is either 352 or 384). Fortunately by set-up remembers what I select for each possible rate (44.1, 48, 88, 96, 176, 192 or 384) so I can choose what I think sounds best in every situation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ritmo View Post
    Mark - Indeed a great recommendation.
    Thanks. I'm glad you like it.
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