No MQA through Cocktail Audio X50 via Roon

All right. I suppose I will buy the X50, use Roon core decoder for the time being and wait for the manufacturer to update the RAAT version.

Many thanks to all of you!

I wouldn’t bother to change it other than to try it to see if you like it. Let the Roon core do the work.

You don’t think the X50 would do a better job of it?

One aspect is that Roon uses about 20 % of the processing capacity of my laptop and it gets warmer than normal. Not a big deal, but I would be happier to let the player take the load.

You’ll have the option to try both so just go with what suits best.

Right! I have contacted Cocktail, so I will have to wait and see what they say. When there is an update I’ll compare the two. Thanks again.

MQA Core decoder, no matter running on Roon or other MQA transport devices (e.g. Lumin U1 MINI), should result in the exact same digital output.

It’s my experience that digital signals for inexplicable reasons can sound very different. As they say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. I’ll just have to wait and see.