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dtc:
You can also use Tidal and have it do the first level decoding and then pass that through MC using WDM. Or, as the Donkey says, pass the original through WDM and let the DAC do the decoding.

Wheaten:

--- Quote from: Screwdriver on May 22, 2021, 08:50:36 am ---Glad you are sticking to this. I have always felt that MQA's sole purpose was marketing BS.

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But you have to admit, it's some good BS.

Screwdriver:

--- Quote from: Wheaten on May 22, 2021, 10:06:25 am ---But you have to admit, it's some good BS.

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Yeah, it is well crafted. ;D

Magellan:

--- Quote from: dtc on May 22, 2021, 10:02:28 am ---You can also use Tidal and have it do the first level decoding and then pass that through MC using WDM. Or, as the Donkey says, pass the original through WDM and let the DAC do the decoding.

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Since I can not use JRiver's DSP on MQA, why in the whole world should I then take the detour via JRiver to stream from Tidal?

dtc:

--- Quote from: Magellan on June 04, 2021, 04:59:12 am ---Since I can not use JRiver's DSP on MQA, why in the whole world should I then take the detour via JRiver to stream from Tidal?

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If you do not have a MQA capable DAC that you want to do the decoding, then you can use JRiver's DSPs.

If you want to pass the MQA signal to a MQA DAC for decoding you are correct that you cannot use the DSPs. However, by using WDM you do not have to worry about which software has exclusive access to the device.  If MC has exclusive access, Tidal will not be able to play directly to the device and vice versa.  WDM just simplifies that part of playback. If that is not an issue for you, WDM gains you nothing.

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