Qobuz iPAD app and high rez


I was playing about with the Qobuz iPAD app tonight streaming directly from the iPAD to my DAC via lightning port to USB.  I notice on a Hi Rez track the DAC was indicating 48Khz even though the track in the app was 24/96. I fiddle around with it and discovered that to get the full resolution you have to download the file to the iPAD then play it.  Anybody else notice this? Gonna compare the SQ of this method to ROON soon.
jbuhl

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@soix Qobuz default setting is set to 24 / up to 192 Khz.

I select a high rez album. When I click the "HiRes Audio" badge I get a modal pop up that reads:
"How to Listen to to 24 Bit with Qobuz. Offline streaming and import in 24 Bit are available to subscribers: Sublime | Studio. Qobuz download customers can listen to their Hi-Res purchases from the app as well. In that case it is mandatory to download the release first. High Res audio needs a the use of a compatible device; " a DAC"
If I click play and stream there is a small box below the album art that reads: "CD Quality" and My DAC indicates 44Khz.

If I download the track into the app and play it from there the DAC will show the high resolution (e.g. 88,96 etc).

I shipped off a question to Qobuz help site.  See if they know what I am doing wrong.

Same behavior on phone
I’m starting to suspect some compatibility issue with my DAC
Hopefully Qobuz gets back tomorrow.
Fixed. User error. I opened a case with Qobuz and it took some time but they were responsive. I mansplained to them the problem but it took multiple emails and screen shots. They directed me back to the settings->streaming settings and there I discovered there are 2 sections for the resolutions settings, Mobile Network and Wifi. I failed to scroll down and see the Wifi sections settings. I just assume there was only one resolution setting. Once I set Wifi to the highest resolution it worked. Egg drips from face emoticon.