Playing Mqa Files - DCS Bartok User Manual

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Playing MQA files

MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) is an award-winning British technology that
delivers the sound of the original master recording. The master MQA file is fully
authenticated and is small enough to stream or download.
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The MQA logo is a trademark of MQA Limited and is used under licence.
The Bartók DAC features a full MQA decoder.
MQA files streamed bit-perfect via the
USB2 interfaces will be unfolded and rendered to the original sample rate. The standard
MQA icon will appear on the display, together with the decoded sample rate.
This logo is displayed when an MQA studio file is being played.
MQA data that has been unfolded by another device to 24/88.2 or 24/96 and is presented bit-perfect to
the USB1, AES or SPDIF
When performing MQA playback, the type of MQA stream is indicated on the control app's Now
Playing screen:
This green-dot icon appears when standard MQA files are being played.
This blue-dot icon appears when MQA studio files are being played.
MQA decoding is not possible if the original MQA data has been changed.
If the MQA logo does not appear when expected, please disable any DSP features in the
streaming program.
Bartok DAC Manual v1_0x
www.mqa.co.uk for more information.
interfaces will also be rendered to the original sample rate.
Network (for example from Tidal Masters) or
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Software Issue 1.0x
February 2019
English version