loss of bass and fullness with mqa decoding

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Elie Dhaenens

• October 24, 2022 15:55

I have an Anthem STR Integrated amplifier which doesn't support MQA from Tidal. When I disable MQA passthrough to amplifier and let Node 2i do the decoding, my amplifier recieves PCM 88.2 but I lose bass and fullness in music, however, the highs are more extended. When I send the MQA file to amplifier, it recieves PCM 44.1 but bass and fullness in music is much better and highs are less extended. What could be the problem, I would think that PCM 88.2 should be the better signal path but it actually isn't?

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  Elie Dhaenens

  • October 25, 2022 12:21

  Thank you Seppi!

  Your comment was very helpfull and solved the problem.

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