I have an Expert Pro 220 and just purchased a Lumin D2, capable of unpacking MQAs to 384khz.
Question, can the Devialet accept the full resolution MQAs (384khz) and play it? If so, how:
A) Digital: 1x BNC from Lumin to 1x RCA on Devialet
B) Analog: 2x Unbalanced RCA from Lumin to 2x RCA on Devialet
C) USB
C) Does it matter how I access Tidal MQA files, can I use the Tidal, Lumin or Roon app
Thanks!
P
(10-Dec-2017, 04:15)patan Wrote: [ -> ]I have an Expert Pro 220 and just purchased a Lumin D2, capable of unpacking MQAs to 384khz.
Question, can the Devialet accept the full resolution MQAs (384khz) and play it? If so, how:
A) Digital: 1x BNC from Lumin to 1x RCA on Devialet
B) Analog: 2x Unbalanced RCA from Lumin to 2x RCA on Devialet
C) USB
C) Does it matter how I access Tidal MQA files, can I use the Tidal, Lumin or Roon app
Thanks!
P
BNC maximum output is 192kHz but Analog will handle 384kHz.
However, not all MQA files will render to 384kHz and if digital sounds better than analogue, the D2 enables downsampling to 192kHz.
There appears to be no USB output on a standard D2.
The D2 describes itself as a MQA core decoder and renderer rather than a full decoder. I presume this will allow the D2 to handle an undecoded MQA file, from Roon, or a core decoded MQA file from the Tidal app.
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BNC maximum output is 192kHz but Analog will handle 384kHz.
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What do you mean by this?
Devialet will not accept anything higher than 192kHz (except DSD) on any input as far as I know.
(10-Dec-2017, 21:04)zdenes Wrote: [ -> ][quote pid='69459' dateline='1512900101']
BNC maximum output is 192kHz but Analog will handle 384kHz.
What do you mean by this?
Devialet will not accept anything higher than 192kHz (except DSD) on any input as far as I know.
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My apologies for any confusion and for any further confusion that may follow.
Analogue, of course, is not digital and as such is not limited, or at least not in the way that digital is.
I was answering the OPs question about which Lumin D2 output would handle 384kHz, or, put another way, which output would not downsample the 384kHz digital signal.
Only the analogue output will do that but, clearly, only after the D2 has converted the digital signal.
I hope that is clearer but probably only if you are on my wavelength. ?