@ejr1953 now go to your dac settings in roon and turn off mqa core decoder. Now go and play the same mqa album with it off. You will get a higher resolution file without any unfolding done by the computer. Sounds better than mqa on my device, and definetly sounds better than normal CD quality. Just not sure what is happening. I had an app on my phone once that showed all mqa albums as hi-res audio formats, since mobile didnt support mqa at the time. This has all since been changed, but leads me to believe regular hi-res files are possible through tidal without the need for MQA.
Turning MQA off Tidal
So i have a Chord Qutest DAC which does not do mqa unfolding. The first unfold is handled by my computer and I want to stay away from this as much as possible. Recently I went into roon and turned off mqa decoding. Now when I click on a song that is in mqa format, i tend to get what appears to be a normal hi-res file(above cd quality), and it sounds much better than mqa(for my dac atleast). Are mqa files on tidal the same as regular "hi-res" files found elsewhere? Thanks for the help.