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ohsigmachi
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Mar 17, 2018
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I've been piping Tidal out of my Surface Book through the Grace SDAC and a DarkVoice 336SE (thanks MD) into a set of Phillips Uptowns (Beyerdynamics DT990 600ohm in the mail).
The Sound is amazing and a huge step up from Amazon Prime music.
MQA, even though the SDAC isn't supposed to be MQA compliant, is definitely an upgrade!
The nice thing about the WIN10 Tidal app is it's ability to completely bypass the internal DAC/AMP and turn off software decoding.
Mar 17, 2018
DenonFanboy
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Mar 17, 2018
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ohsigmachiThe software decoding is for MQA, the app will convert MQA for DACs that do not support it if decoding is turned on, if software decoding is turned off to my understanding its up to the DAC to convert the MQA signal.
Mar 17, 2018
ohsigmachi
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Mar 19, 2018
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DenonFanboyIf that's the case then the Grace SDAC is definitely decoding the MQA data. The Tidal App shows "Master" quality, and the software decoding is Off. And the sound definitely sounds more crisp and defined.
Mar 19, 2018
LuckyLuke575
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Mar 10, 2019
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DenonFanboyGreat tip. I just changed it on my Tidal app and signal now going to the dac. Thanks!
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Mar 10, 2019
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