BUG: MQA 44.1k TIDAL tracks not playing properly in Roon

[wklie (Peter Lie)]

@Jeff_Bellune

It’s supposed to be benign, so unless there’s a problem it can be safely turned on.

I think we’re discussing a problem.

Known problems of integer mode:

Fix for Core Audio-related crashes on Macs connected to portable DACs

Some of you may recall that I had reported music interruptions/hard crashes/random restarts when using portable DACs with my Macs, regardless of whether they were being used as core or endpoints. This could be seen in Console information, where several errors linked to various Core Audio processes would be listed right before the crash/random restart occurred. After doing a bit of troubleshooting myself, I have finally found the culprit, and hope this information may be useful to others facing …

Ztella integrated MQA USB-DAC

My Zoorloo Ztella MQA DAC didn’t see MQA and complete its rendering until I deselected the default ‘Enable Integer Mode’ in Advanced Settings. If you want MQA Rendering to work correctly with Roon on macOS, make sure integer mode is turned off. It sounds great now.

This is what your DAC manufacturer says:

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