Roon Tidal MQA 218 Trinnov ID40

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Sorry to ask that again, but I changed my network from a Macbook and USB disk to Windows 10 PC with built in HD… and I forgot to record the setups from Roon/Tidal what i ahd before with my macbook…

My goal is:
Stream with Roon and have three zones
-861 with ID40
-218
-Trinnov Amethyst
Audio chain is:
218 >> 861 >> Trinnov >>8k DSP legacy

I want to listen to MQA music (via Roon MQA-SW decoding ) with the Trinnov and the ID40,
and with the MQA HW solution from the 218.

So I guess I need in the Roon menu (audio-device setup) that:
For the ID40:
“No MQA support” “device volume” and under ADVANCED >> “Enable core decoder (yes)”
For the Trinnov:
“No MQA support” “fixed volume” and under ADVANCED >> “Enable core decoder (yes)”
For the 218:
“Decoder only” “device volume” and under ADVANCED >> “Enable core decoder (no)”

All that is guilty when I do NOT enable the “DSP Engine”.

Is that correct for the best sound, iam not sure that other members have different setups with a similar audio chain ??

Thanks Robert

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@robert_wistrela

Robert

Leave MQA core enabled as it is a global setting, not device specific.

In device setup you want the following

ID40: set for no MQA capability

Trinnov: set for no MQA capability

218: set for Decoder and Renderer

Remember you are setting what the dac is capable of not what you want Roon to do.

Russ

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Hello Russ, thanks once more for your help…Thanks for the guideline that iam setting the dac capabilty,
sounds a lot more logic…for the 218 i have two questions:
1)Why i should select “decoder and render” when i have non SE-DSP that cant render ?
Do you think i have still an advantage when the MQA core ? or the 218 ? tell the render information forward to the speakers ?
2) I dont understand the “global” setting idea from “MQA core enabled”, what the idea behind,
does it not override the 218 HW-MQA capabilities ?

Robert