Trying to get 24/96 from Tidal

[obviouslygene]

hey guys, I'm still pretty new here.
I've tried to read up but still pretty confused.
I first ran my xiaomi mi box s toslink to a smsl su-8.
streaming tidal from it shows 48k.
I then got volumio on a pi2, thinking I would be able to stream a higher bit rate into the dac.
But all I got was 16/44.1, is there any other way to get 24/96 on the master files?

 

[gvl]

I suspect you can't get a masters quality MQA unfolded digital stream out of an Android device, or at least not easily. Volumio can't decode MQA. With a non-MQA external DAC you might be limited to the desktop Tidal app, it will unfold MQA and allow for higher sampling rates to the DAC.

 

[obviouslygene]

Hi gvl! thanks for the input, I read somewhere that if I don't have a MQA capable DAC, it will still play a 24/48k stream?
I may have misunderstood that.

 

[obviouslygene]

just an update, if i pay for volumio subscription, i get the 24/96 from tidal masters.

edit: it's actually 24/48 not 24/96, typo!

 

[amirm]

Hi gvl! thanks for the input, I read somewhere that if I don't have a MQA capable DAC, it will still play a 24/48k stream?
I may have misunderstood that.

That is correct although some content may also be 24/44.1.

 

[amirm]

I then got volumio on a pi2, thinking I would be able to stream a higher bit rate into the dac.

How do you talk to Volumio? If it is with Airplay, then it will truncate to 16 bits.

 

[gvl]

just an update, if i pay for volumio subscription, i get the 24/96 from tidal masters.

Hmm, do you have a link? I can't find a confirmation that Volumio can actually decode MQA. My understanding it can only pass through an MQA encoded stream to an external decoder.

 

[obviouslygene]

How do you talk to Volumio? If it is with Airplay, then it will truncate to 16 bits.

I tried bubbleupnp but it also renders it to 16/44.1 so thats out the window.
So I signed up for volumio virtuoso trial, and that gives me 24/48.

 

[obviouslygene]

Hmm, do you have a link? I can't find a confirmation that Volumio can actually decode MQA. My understanding it can only pass through an MQA encoded stream to an external decoder.

checkout the last post.
https://forum.volumio.org/can-not-play-res-music-via-tidal-myvolumio-t11481-10.html

 

[gvl]

checkout the last post.
https://forum.volumio.org/can-not-play-res-music-via-tidal-myvolumio-t11481-10.html

You said 24/96 originally, you need an MQA decoder for that and Volumio isn't it.

 

[obviouslygene]

You said 24/96 originally, you need an MQA decoder for that and Volumio isn't it.

damn. sorry about that. my newborn has been depriving me of sleep. let me edit that.

 

[gvl]

damn. sorry about that. my newborn has been depriving me of sleep. let me edit that.

No worries