Can someone tell me why Tidal MQA shows as 96Khz when using a non-MQA DAC?

I'm curious about this. On one of my DACs--the non-MQA one--MQA files stream at 96Khz. Any intel will be appreciated!

jbhiller02-02-2019 4:45pm

uberwaltz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 13,381 posts 02-02-2019 at 10:16pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Tidal does stream many albums at 24/192. 96 is not their limit. However 24/96 will be the highest you will see on a non MQA dac, as it cannot complete the full MQA unfolding. It will still sound mighty fine though!
2psyop Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,661 posts 02-02-2019 at 11:36pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete What tomcy6 and uberwaltz said!!
jbhiller OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,444 posts 02-03-2019 at 12:26am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Got it. That makes sense. For the life of me I cannot recall what my MQA DAC says when streaming the same MQA track. I really appreciate the fast and salient responses
junzhang10 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 252 posts 02-03-2019 at 02:36am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If you use PC to stream MQA and let PC App to do the 1st unfold, you will get 96/24. If you have MQA DAC, it will unfold the rest to 192/24.
erik_squires Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 16,402 posts 02-03-2019 at 04:41am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete For Windows I found the perfect article. https://inspiringheadphones.com/are-you-getting-the-best-out-of-tidal-hifi/ If you have an MQA capable DAC use the eclusive, and MQA passthrough settings.