(05-Jan-2017, 16:48)yabaVR Wrote:(05-Jan-2017, 16:34)Dr Tone Wrote: Just playing some master audio through the tidal app, it's being decoded and played back as 24/96 pcm on my Moon headphone DAC at work.
Unfortunately I don't have Roon yet and no Tidal but what I like to know is can you do a comparison between a Tidal stream and the same file from your local drive? What are the differences in SQ for you? There have to be some as we can hear diffs with ethernet cables.
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Not having the ability to decode MQA, I sent the 24/48 file as is to the Devialet. In comparison, an album that I know there is only one master, the MQA 24/48 file has an ever so softer/laid back warmer presentation.
Apparently Roon is getting software decoding, not making it in 1.3 though.
http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f11-so...ing-31155/
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