hmscott
Addicted to Fun and Learning
- Joined
- May 17, 2020
- Messages
- 604
- Likes
- 493
My D90 MQA shows the sample rate I've set in the Sound Control Panel for the device. If I set the device to 44.1khz then that is what the D90 MQA display shows. If I set the device to 384khz then that is what the D90 MQA display shows.I send the Amazon Music HD stream from the App direct to my good old Sonos Connect (S1). 16-bit, 44,1 kHz/48 kHz is possible, 24-bit, 44,1 kHz/48 kHz only with the new Sonos Port (S2).
Add.: My TOPPING D10s DAC, connected to the USB output from my old S8 phone, shows 192 PCM and works without problem for ULTRA HD.
But, if I choose an MQA Master track then no matter what interface sample rate I set on the PC the full D90 MQA data stream is passed to the D90 MQA and the D90 MQA does the unfolding and rendering itself and displays the MQA encoded sample rate. It could be 44.1khz or as high as 352.8khz. I've seen 48khz, 96khz, 192khz, and even 176.4khz
Your phone is showing 192khz due to the default sample rate set by Android, probably the maximum for the hardware device in the phone.
That is saying the device is limiting the playback to it's own maximum of 16bit/192khz - which is the Firestick 4k, but if your HDMI extractor lists a maximum sample rate that it passes that would be the limiting device. Please check to see if the HDMI extractor is the limiting factor.Last week I bought the latest Fire Stick 4k and have it connected to an HDMI audio extractor. The extractor extract's the digital audio from the Fire Stick and sends it to my Topping DX3 Pro via an optical connection. The audio quality displayed on the TV screen streaming AMHD Ultra is as follows:
Track Quality: 24 bit/ 192kHz or 24 bit/96 kHz
Device Capability: 16 bit/ 192 kHz
Currently playing at: 16 bit/ 192 kHz or 16 bit/ 96 kHz
Nothing indicates 24 bit and more perplexing is the fact that the Topping DX3 Pro's display reads everything as 48 kHz? The Topping reads correctly from my Node 2i streamer.