Benjie Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 (edited) I’m just wanting to figure out what my Cambridge CXA60 is outputting as a final file. I want to ensure that I get everything out of Tidal HIFI that I can. I just installed a Chromecast Audio last night. I read directly from Cambridge Audio that they are not supporting MQA. Here is current snapshot of what’s playing now. Mainly I want to know if I’m streaming higher than CD quality. It sounds amazing. Edited December 1, 2018 by Benjie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbphoto Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Are you plugged into the aux-input on the front of your CXA60 with a 3.5mm cable from the Chromecast Audio? Or are you using an optical cable from the Chromecast Audio to a Toslink input on the back of the CXA60? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjie Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 55 minutes ago, pbphoto said: Are you plugged into the aux-input on the front of your CXA60 with a 3.5mm cable from the Chromecast Audio? Or are you using an optical cable from the Chromecast Audio to a Toslink input on the back of the CXA60? Using the toslink optical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbphoto Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Yes, then you are good. Just make sure that the DSP volume on the CA is at 100% and it is supposed to pass 96/24 bit perfect to your CXA60. The Roon Path shows 48/24 MQA embedded FLAC coming from Tidal which gets unfolded by your Roon Core to 96/24 and sent on to your CA and DAC. I'm assuming in the CA device setup in Roon it says 'no MQA capabilities' and your Roon DSP engine is disabled and/or set to 'for compatibility only.' As an experiment, in Roon, click on the 'versions' and play the non-MQA version of the same album to see if you can tell a difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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