Question about streaming with airplay

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Harji Singh

• December 21, 2019 22:36

I’m currently using Tidal for most of my listening. I’ll play MQA when I can find them. I wanted to know if it makes a difference in terms of stream quality if I play music through the tidal app and choose the node 2i as the audio output. (Which I believe it then uses AirPlay 2) VS Playing tidal through the bluesound app

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  Wesley P.

  • December 23, 2019 18:52

  Hello Harji,
  
  Due to limitations of Airplay streaming, it will only provide CD-quality audio (44.1KHz/16-bit) when using Airplay to any device.

  When using Tidal directly through BluOS, you will get up to 192KHz/24-bit audio when streaming MQA so long as you are using the RCA outputs of the Node 2i. If you are using the Optical or Coaxial outputs of the Node 2i to stream your MQA content, you will only be able to stream up to 96KHz/24-bit audio as the Node 2i's internal DAC handles the rendering stages of MQA unfolding.

  With that being said, I would definitely recommend using the BluOS app to stream your MQA content to get the best possible audio quality.

  Regards,
  Wesley P.

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