celo wrote: > I only do Tidal Hifi streaming. It would be nice to have MQA. Do you > think it was worth just for the MQA? > My DAC supports only 16/24 bits/ 32 kHz up to 192 kHz
The Node2i supports MQA in two different ways. If you're using the digital output to an outboard DAC, it does the first unfold to 88/96kHz. If that digital stream is fed to an MQA DAC, then it will do the second unfold. The way I use it it only does the first unfold. The Node2i fully supports MQA on its Analogue outputs, which gives you full MQA decoding without any external DACs. In this configuration it seems like quite a bargain. I haven't tried this since my amps have only digital inputs. (Note to self - get out an old amplifier and try the Node 2i Analog outputs) Some Tidal MQA titles seem to definitely sound better than the ripped CD versions (for example Enya Dark Sky Island). Others titles I can't tell any difference. A possible cause is that the MQA/high resolution versions have been mastered differently than the CD versions. Regard, Kim ------ Touch -> GW Labs upsampler -> TacT RCS 2.2X -> Convolver PC (Win10 + AcourateConvolver + RME HDSP-AES-32)-> (TacT S2150 -> Harbeth M40) + (TacT S2150 -> TacT W210) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ krochat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110060 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
