When MQA was introduced we were told that it would be Red Book compatible and could be streamed over Airplay. Once TIDAL launched, however, we saw 24-bit, not 44/16.

What keeps me looking is that I do sometimes get the blue light on my DAC when playing a local MQA file or a TIDAL Master using Audirvana over Airplay to Shareport-sync on the RPi3. Briefly. Then it switches off to 44.1 white.

I posted here because I found nothing about this at the audirvana.com/forums. Now I've registered with them, and will query the developer and other users once "approved by an administrator" so I can log in.

I'll report back if I learn more.

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