Not yet, as far as I can tell.
Okay. Found the MQA masters in Tidal, but they are only playing in 44.1 according to my Marantz DAC - they do sound very good, though. I have the Marantz HD-DAC1 so it cannot decode, but I thought the software decoder in Tidal would unwrap these files to a higher resolution. Anything in my setup that I have to change?
You have to go to setting is Tidal and select it.
Did thatâŚhave it on exclusive mode and force volume. On PC, sound setting says Digital USBâŚplaying Thick As A Brick now and it is only showing 44.1
Havenât had anything go past 44.1 in the âMastersâ section
You have to select the MQA unfolding. Canât remember how they word it.
It is pass through isnât it? If you pass through it doesnât unfold. However a lot of the Masters are 48kb so you should at least be seeing that. Are the Meridian specific drivers used or generic Windows ones?
Tidal will unfold on the desktop app. Roon will not now. An update is expected though.
I think I figured out my problem, but donât know how to solve it. When I go into settings I can select exclusive mode and force volume - no problem. But when I select my DAC, it wonât stay âselectedâ - it always goes to the âsystem defaultâ, even though the system output is the Marantz Dac. I CAN click on the setting next to the Marantz Dac, but it doesnât stay like that.
I am using Fidelizer when I start up and have Roon and HQPlayer set to start up as well, but I have them turned off when I go into Tidal (Roon and HQP).
FrustratingâŚthe MQA files sound pretty good even when not unfolded, but I sure would like to hear them decodedâŚ
Is your DAC 96/24 capable?
Oh yes, 96/24 and 192/24 and does DSD. I do most of my listening in Roon through HQPlayer upsampling to DSD 5.6
You need someone more computer savvy than me, but it will be a setting on Tidal or your PC.
Iâm pretty computer savvy, but this one has me stumped. It is probably a PC setting, but I donât know what it would be. I have the Marantz set as the default. I know I can up the resolution in advanced sound settings, but thatâs forcing the output - donât even know if that would unfold it, besides if I set it to 96Khz, any 88.2 files would be goofed up - the DAC should be switching resolutions automatically; it does that in Roon when I donât upsample to DSD.
I would disable the PC sound card (right click on the speaker icon?) and that should force the issue.
Restart the Tidal appâŚand if that doesnât result in the Marantz choice sticking, then reboot the PC
Tried that already - also tried restarting app and PC.
Try a different USB 2.0 (instead of 3.0) port from the PC, and those in the back are usually better than those in the front.
Also try a different USB cable.
you can only unfold in the Tidal desktop App playing direct to your DAC in the AppâŚyou canât unfold in Tidal within Roon yet.
I had the same problem. I disconnected an optical cable from the tv to the DAC and problem was gone. Also just one musicplayer ( Tidal, Roon etc ) âactiveâ on the computer at a time.