Roon does not play Tidal master albums at desired sampling rate

Roon Software Discussion
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In Tidal the Streaming setting can be set to the actual sampling rates such as 96 kHz (see also http://www.avhub.com.au/news/sound-image/how-to-play-tidals-high-res-masters-on-your-mac-446915 ).

Playing the same Tidal album in Roon decreases the original sampling rate to e.g. 48 kHz (on iMac). Is there a way to change the settings of Roon the same way as within Tidal (for master files)?

Thanks
Luc

2

Roon does not “reduce” or sample rate convert Tidal Masters. Rather, Roon does not decode or unfold MQA.

This has been covered thoroughly in many threads. Please do a search (e.g. “Tidal MQA”) before posting.

https://community.roonlabs.com/search?context=topic&context_id=36137&q=Tidal%20mqa&skip_context=true

AJ

3

Thank you Andrew, clear.
Do you think Roon will decode or unfold MQA in the near future ?

Luc

4

It will, but the team has not given a timeline.

5

Thank you Rob.

Luc