It couldn't be that the are just a distributor of chord products?
Billy, they are part of Shenzhen Audio.... I was amazed to find that in addition to SMSL, Topping and Gustard, Chord is also one of their brands. Scroll to the bottom of https://shenzhenaudio.com/
They just sell stuffBilly, they are part of Shenzhen Audio.... I was amazed to find that in addition to SMSL, Topping and Gustard, Chord is also one of their brands. Scroll to the bottom of https://shenzhenaudio.com/
Shenzhen Audio is just a store. They sell Gustard (and I guess Chord, too) but they do not manufacture it.Billy, they are part of Shenzhen Audio.... I was amazed to find that in addition to SMSL, Topping and Gustard, Chord is also one of their brands. Scroll to the bottom of https://shenzhenaudio.com/
What I saw and heard from my X16:
I guess it completely decodes the MQA.When I play through TIDAL, the display shows the (MQA. KHz ) in which the recording was made.
Don't quote me on this but I think the X16 only does the complete unfolding of MQA if you select MQA passthrough under the more settings for the device menu in Tidal. Otherwise Tidal will do the first unfolding and the X16 will handle the rest.
I concurIf it is showing the "MQA." logo on the DAC then it is doing the full decoding/rendering. If Tidal was doing the first unfold, then the Screen would show "OFS" instead. I tested this out with Roon. If I let Roon do the first unfold and X16 only render, even with DSP turned off, it would show OFS instead of MQA. It only shows MQA when I have it set in Roon to Decode and Render on the X16.
If it is showing the "MQA." logo on the DAC then it is doing the full decoding/rendering. If Tidal was doing the first unfold, then the Screen would show "OFS" instead. I tested this out with Roon. If I let Roon do the first unfold and X16 only render, even with DSP turned off, it would show OFS instead of MQA. It only shows MQA when I have it set in Roon to Decode and Render on the X16.
Thank you as well, for the time you long-awaited.Shenzhen Audio just sent me $40 by Paypal, that was very fast, thanks!
those who paid in January should probably pay more to ship before the Chinese New Year?Thank you as well, for the time you long-awaited.
Working fine with Tidal, don't have a bluOS can't speak on that, sounds really goodHi guys,
I got mine and without any A/B testing Im liking the sound. I know, Ill have my wife blindfold me, good to have a second use for it
So.....I put up the brightness to 7 and its fairly readable for me. Im getting 96 on my flac albums so thats workin well with the passthrough. Generally seems like a solid device. But, Im struggling to get anything higher than PCM 44 or PCM 48.1 from the unit when streaming through a Node 2i. Ive selected MQA Decoding in the BluOS and attached both coax and optical. Anyone else have a similar struggle? Ive tried playin stuff through Bluos and Tidal connect.
Did you turn off DSP volume too?
This doesn’t make sense.
If you turn off MQA decoding and use coax/optical, what do you get?Hi guys,
I got mine and without any A/B testing Im liking the sound. I know, Ill have my wife blindfold me, good to have a second use for it
So.....I put up the brightness to 7 and its fairly readable for me. Im getting 96 on my flac albums so thats workin well with the passthrough. Generally seems like a solid device. But, Im struggling to get anything higher than PCM 44 or PCM 48.1 from the unit when streaming through a Node 2i. Ive selected MQA Decoding in the BluOS and attached both coax and optical. Anyone else have a similar struggle? Ive tried playin stuff through Bluos and Tidal connect.