Streaming quality selector does not affect Radio playback

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Hello @Sasquatchimo,

Thanks for the screenshot. I was able to deduce what’s going on here:

You are encountering MQA content even when the streaming quality selector is set to “HiFi” is because Tidal only has one copy of the track, which is MQA encoded. You can check this by going to the Tidal app and navigating to the “Foals” artist page:

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I verified that this is the case by limiting my Tidal account to “HiFi” in the Tidal app and streaming the “Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1 (Remixes)” album. During playback of the album the MQA light is triggered on a MQA DAC.

-John