Audirvana w/ JDS Labs Element 2 & Tidal

stevesavanna · January 13, 2021, 3:40pm

Hi -

I’m new to Audirvana (and higher end audio entirely). I recently purchased some HiFi Man Sundara headphones and the JDS Labs Element 2 (DAC & AMP). I use Tidal and have been trying to figure out the best settings in Audirvana given this setup (I use a MacBook Pro).

I’m lost with what I need to do to ensure I’m getting the highest quality audio settings. I can’t seem to determine if this DAC/Amp supports MQA and what impact that would have on the Audirvana settings. Is anyone familiar with this DAC/Amp and whether I should select “Not MQA” or “Renderer” / “Decoder”?

Any suggestions are appreciated. Very new to all of this.

Thanks!

bitracer · January 13, 2021, 3:43pm

You’re good, just to make sure you can disable the auto-detect MQA devices.

stevesavanna · January 13, 2021, 4:08pm

Got it. Thanks. Will I still be able to get MQA music (appears Tidals Masters are MQA) with my current setup?

Thanks again

bitracer · January 13, 2021, 4:18pm

Yes, Audirvana will do the first unfolding and pass it to the DAC.

system · January 23, 2022, 4:18pm

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