Got audio pops(clicks) on mqa tracks. When I'm pausing mqa track the tone 2 goes back to pcm - and when I click play it start playing it in pc mode and after a second delay it switches to mqa - which is causing sound pop. It is very annoying.
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Does anyone have the same experience?
Hi, I will try on mine, but did you test it with both MQA Core decoder settings in the Tidal app (passthrough enabled or not) to see if it changes something ?
EDIT : tested it and it get the same, with both settings on Core decoder. Meanwhile, I tested it from Foobar playing a FLAC file and a MQA file, and I don't get any pop going from FLAC to MQA, but an small one (lower than on Tidal app) from MQA to FLAC, exactly when the yellow LED lights up showing PCM signal
just dont use mqa, all mqa masterings are extremely compressed there is no point on having super high bitrates for -5 lufs
Even if it's a middle of a controversy, we can't say that all MQA are extremely compressed, it would be incorrect, even if a lot of recent pop hits are often in MQA on Tidal (and there are now sadly reasons to compress it more if they want to be a hit...)
When will the Tone2 non-pro be available to purchase, and how much will it cost?
Don't know when, but they said it will be without headphones output and without MQA, and certainly without enclosure, and should be in the same price range than the actual Tone 1, maybe a bit more.