If I disable MQA pass through on the iFi then I get no light at all on the 218. It's magenta or nothing it seems.

Perhaps magenta means that the 218 can't determine whether it's being fed MQA Studio or not, but it is nonetheless MQA. Whereas decoding done via Roon, it can? All very confusing...


DSP5200, ifi Zen Stream, 218, Tidal Connect