That is not ideal, to say the least.

So, in the case of Roon, is what's going on that if you already favourited/added the MQA version (or have 'prefer MQA over all other formats' in settings) then it still selects the MQA file, if available?

I'll contact Tidal, as well, and add my voice, in any case...

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