11-Jun-2017, 01:13
Technically airport express is better as it plays all at 16/44. Apple TV resamples to 16/48. Whether you can hear the difference is up to you.
Phantoms/Spark do not unfold MQA. At this stage without an MQA DAC "only" the Tidal desktop PC/MAC app will do the first unfold to 24/88.2 or 24/96. Set the Tidal software to do the unfold. Passthrough is for MQA DACs only. I can confirm this as I have an iMac hooked up to a standard non MQA DAC and it shows the streaming resolution for the Masters tracks.
So yes in short the macbook via optical to the Phantom is your best solution for MQA at the moment. Or forget about it and just relax and enjoy the music.
Phantoms/Spark do not unfold MQA. At this stage without an MQA DAC "only" the Tidal desktop PC/MAC app will do the first unfold to 24/88.2 or 24/96. Set the Tidal software to do the unfold. Passthrough is for MQA DACs only. I can confirm this as I have an iMac hooked up to a standard non MQA DAC and it shows the streaming resolution for the Masters tracks.
So yes in short the macbook via optical to the Phantom is your best solution for MQA at the moment. Or forget about it and just relax and enjoy the music.
