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Old 12-23-2018, 11:24 AM
Samoyed Samoyed is offline
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Originally Posted by audio bill View Post
If you access Tidal directly via the Node's app and are using its analog outputs (and hence its internal DAC) you will achieve full hi-res MQA decoding. If you are using its digital output to an external DAC then the Node only provides the first MQA unfold (MQA Core) and your DAC can then either play that directly or if able to function as an MQA renderer perform the final unfold to give you fully decoded hi-res MQA. Hope this helps, it can be confusing and hopefully my explanation didn't make it even more so!
This is my first substantive post!

I have a Nuprime Evolution DAC, which claims to be full MQA via a usb output. I’m new to all this, and will replace my node 2 of six months with an innuos zen mini which has a usb output. Innuos advises I’ll have full mqa with the nuprime but only by using Roon with Tidal.

Do you have any comments or suggestions ?

I’ve enjoyed and will keep the node 2, but found its DAC a little thin at times.

Thanks
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