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Chord TT2 - use Tidal or Qobuz?

Seems qobuz is a better choice with a chord dac.  Simply because mqa cant be fully unfolded by chord, only up to 96 for an mqa tune, when it should be 192 or higher.  So qobuz on chord offers non mqa hi rez tunes that would seem better suited for chord.

having said this, why would anyone use tidal thru a chord non mqa dac??
emergingsoul
troidelover1499
253 posts
 
Wrong question.  You need an M Scaler.
emergingsoul OP
954 posts
 
So how can ‘mscaler’ improve on tidal mqa tunes, or would qobuz be better to use with a chord dac?
ddude003
161 posts
 
MQA is lossy... What part of lossy do you not understand... Why would you want to break small signals by using MQA... Most Chord DACs really want to use native PCM small signal data... MQA and DSD are not really what Chord DACs are designed to perform best on... Maybe do a little of your own research...  Google is your frenemy...  See what the designer Rob Watts has to say about his design and what he thinks about MQA and DSD...
emergingsoul OP
954 posts
 
ddude
thank you for your kind feedback.

seems u r not a tidal fan.  More qobuz?

what sources of music would be best to keep a chord tt2 happy?


ddude003
161 posts
 
Don't confuse Tidal (the streaming service) with MQA (a lossy delivery format)...  Just feed your Cord DAC with PCM original source material...  CD quality 44.1 KHz/16 bit or High-Res Audio up to 768kHz/24 or 32 bit...

To be clear...  I am not a fan of anything that alters the original source material small signal...
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