It is my understanding that roon/tidal is now streaming 24/48 and 24/192 music. How can I search for and find this type of music on Roon/TIDAL.
Go to Tidal desktop app. Whatâs New, scroll down, Albums and select Master. View all.
Then add what you wish to Roon by saving as favourite. On the next re sync it will show up. Or force a re sync.
Tidal decodes MQA to 96K Max.
Roon does not decode MQA yet.
Is now everything listed in that Whatâs New/Master section? I thought it was incomplete.
Thatâs just a start point. I donât expect itâs complete. I hope it just grows.
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I have a pretty complete list of masters available in Sweden from a few days ago.
No idea of timeframe as itâs just gone live.
roon software decoder is probably some time away and I prefer roon so I expect to transmit MQA to my DAC.
This is possible as far as I understand it but I could be wrong.
When is Roon going to allow us to access âmastersâ in tidal
You can access it today, play with full decoding.
You canât find it, have to use Tidal plus the Favotites trick (or trial and error).
You canât decode in software, need hardware (starting around $200).
Both finding and decoding in Roon will come, eat some point.
Thanks Chris, I followed your instructions and got as far as âalbumsâ. When I pressed albums all I got was several albums and no master category. Can you help me further. ( iâm doing this on my iPhone)
Also on tidal I have set my streaming and download quality to âhi-fiâ. is this correct?
Iâm assuming that I canât play the hi Rez/mqa music from tidal directly without roon. If this is correct how soon will roon be decoding mqa
Warren
Anders,
your answer seems to conflict somewhat with Chrisâs answer of about 21 hours ago. How do you play the favorites trick.
Warren.
MQA isnât visible from the iPhone app yet.
The only method to see MQA releases is from the desktop Tidal apps. You can then favorite those albums from the Tidal desktop app and they will eventually get synced to Roon.
The favorites trick is what Cris describes.
- Tidal desktop app in windows or mac.
- Whatâs New, Albums, Masters, Show All
- Point to an album in the list, and click the star that appears, making it a favorite. Or click on an album to go to it, and click on the star.
Such a favorite album shows up in Roon after a while.
To force an immediate sync, in Roon, click on Settings, Services, Tidal Edit, Sync Library Now.
I cannot see âmastersâ on any of my Apple devices⌠i am not a techie so am i being really dumb.
I am using a Mac mini as a server into a PS Audio Perfectwave Direct stream DAC via the bridge 2
The Tidal app needs to run on a Mac or Windows, not an iPad.
âApple productâ is not enough.
This is a current Tidal limitation, not a fundamental MQA limitation.
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I tried tidal app on my iMac -went to albums but could not find âmastersâ
Where is it?
I went to the tidal app on my iMac . Pulled up âalbumsâ but could not find âmastersâ
Where is it?
Whats New > Albums > Masters
You need a hifi subscription, and to have turned on the hifi/masters in Settings I believe.
Chris, just checking on your comment that Tidal Masters MQA stream is limited to 96K. I am using the Tidal software on Windows 10 Prof with Meridian Explorer2. I have been listening to all of the Tidal Masters albums one by one (have completed about 20 so far) to test MQA. Most have been as you stated 96K or below (Meridian DAC shows one or two lights). However, a few have shown on the Meridian DAC with all three lights on as 176K/192K. If Tidal is limiting to 96K max, how is this possible?
Thatâs easy. The file is folded down to 44/24 or 48/24 from whatever itâs original resolution was.
The Tidal App can ONLY unfold to 96/24.
The Explorer2 can unfold to 192/24
It the original file was 88/24, thatâs all you will get. With the MQA de Blurring.
I hope that makes sense in a simple way.
The final test is your earsâŚ