Amarra vs. ROON

[KIBM]

Further to above I have found that Amarra plays MQA files. Details below.
Obviously the Devialet is not MQA-enabled but the details regarding 'unfolding' are interesting.
I listened to 'Morph the Cat' by Donald Fagen on Tidal last nite. The 44k rip sounds great anyway but the 'MQA' rip sounded different - damn good, perhaps less attack but a noticeably richer bass. I guess it is just a consequence of higher sampling rate. However, is this a free way to get higher res material?
Other MQAs were less impressive or notably quieter and I gave up after Air started crashing everytime I changed sample rate.

All this made me think - has anyone actually heard an MQA file through an enabled DAC in their own system?

K 

From Amarra (Sonic Studio) website

Without an MQA-enabled DAC

• TIDAL Streaming MQA Support
  
• Amarra 4 Luxe performs MQA Core Decoding: unfolds the MQA file to deliver higher than CD-quality sound
  
• Results in 2x sample rates (88.2kHz or 96kHz), 24 bit
  

With an MQA-enabled DAC

• MQA DAC Support
  
• DAC performs MQA Rendering: completes the final unfold to the original sample rate of the master
  
• Platform-specific DAC compensation and management
  
• Results up to 8x sample rates (352kHz or 384kHz), 24 bit