Hi Fitcaz,

Yes, you understand correctly. But a major part of decoding MQA is to "unpack" the lowest 8 bits of the 44.1 (or 48) Khz 24 bits signal to reconstruct the original 88.2 (or 96) kHz 16 bits signal. So why not just distribute in the original form? That saves a lot of hassle and also saves space in the process.