I have a Tidal account that I use at work, $19.99 a month. I just play through crappy little Logitech speakers but allows me at least CD quality.
I read a nice article on Facebook for any of you that have nice PC systems at home or work that peeked my interest.
I took a Tidal trial, and decided to subscribe. I asked about the Hi-Fi streams, and here is the response from Tech Support, which you may or may not already know:
In order to listen to the MQA format to its fullest extent, your equipment needs to be MQA capable. Otherwise, you will not be getting the full MQA experience but you will still have better quality than HiFi.
If you do not use a DAC at all, the TIDAL client will decode the MQA in 1x unfolding. A DAC which is MQA capable can unfold up to 8x (provided the DAC has that capability).
With the desktop and/or a non-MQA DAC you will get 24bit/88.2 (96) kHz . The stream quality of each album depends on the labels’ engineering of the album. Please ensure that the "passthrough MQA" is not enabled if you do not have an MQA DAC.
So, I'll need to look for a DAC that I can hook up from the HDMI port on my PC, assuming that one exists. Suggestions for a DAC are welcome.
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