Bypass Node 2i DAC with M2Tech Young MKIII for MQA

Hello,

I have a Bluesound Node 2i streamer and a M2Tech Younng MKIII DAC which is MQA certified.

I was wondering if I could bypass the Node 2i DAC and send the full MQA bits to my DAC using co-axial or Toslink inputs and get the maximum quality, i.e. 24 bits/192 kHz for some albums.

I know this is possible for the Mytek Liberty DAC.

How about mine ?

Will it be able to process MQA from co-axial or Toslink ? Of course it's possible using USB but not very convenient for streaming.

Regards,

R. Billard

Official comment

Tony W.

Product Support Manager

June 23, 2020 13:29

All MQA External DACs can be used by selecting MQA External DAC in Settings, Player, Audio.

Robin Billard

June 28, 2020 19:25

I tried and it didn't work.

On a 192 kHz track I was limited to 48 kHz when using the passthrough MQA mode.

I tried with both the optical and coaxial inputs.

The MQA was decoded properly when I used the USB input with my laptop.

June 29, 2020 13:22

Hi Robin

Please select Help, Send Support Request in the App so we may take a closer look.

Bypass Node 2i DAC with M2Tech Young MKIII for MQA

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