Hi All,

I am looking for some technical help &/or experience from other HHs after a long time of trying unsuccessfully with patience. I will be so grateful for assistance.
The advice so far has been from a terrific fellow HH, but they have no knowledge of the Bluesound Node 2i. Blusound have been unable to assist too, with little or no knowledge about Meridian products.

I have a Bluesound Node 2i & Tidal Hi-Fi service that I have enjoyed through a Meridian 800 Ref into legacy DSP5200s.

I recently bought a pair of DSP5200.2 (3.16 firmware) and wanted to stream MQA.

The Bluesound is correctly set to stream MQA files from Tidal.

I tried connecting the Bluesound direct to the DSP5200.2 using the digital output (RCA) from the Bluesound to the digital input (RCA) on the Master DSP 5200.2, but the display shows PCM 44k on the speaker display.

I have tried playing through the 800 Reference initially too. On standard music material from Tidal it shows PCM 88k and on Master quality material from Tidal PCM 96k on the speaker display.

I don't have any Meridian "core" devices (MC200 for example) but wondered if I bought a Meridian 218 and fed the digital output (RCA) from the Bluesound into the digital (RCA) input of a Merian 218 and then connected the 218 to the DSP 5200.2 Master by speakerlink, if this would then play MQA quality?

I don't even know if the DSP5200.2 displays "MQA" when receiving and playing MQA material...

Views and/or suggestions would be very welcomed!

Regards,
Step

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