When is a Qute 24/96 not a 24/96?

Posted by: RobinH on 15 November 2013

I purchased my Qute new about a year ago now - got a bargain price on a 24/96 because of the imminent arrival of the 24/192's.

I've since built up a fair collection of 24/192 recordings, which I listen to through my SuperNait, however, whilst selecting a file in error I've found that I can also play them back through my Qute - and rather good they sound too!

Which leads me to ask - what would you expect to happen when you play a 24/192 file through a 24/96 streamer?

Posted on: 15 November 2013 by DavidDever

Your UPnP / DLNA server may be transcoding the file down to 24-bit / 96 kHz - I'd check this first.

Posted on: 15 November 2013 by ChrisH

Normally it wouldn't play it RobinH.

I have an original Uniti with 24/96 board.

I asked the same question a while ago and then at the recent 20% off Naim Label sale, I purchased the Meet Me In London 24/192 album as I'm going to upgrade to a Superuniti soon anyway.

Of course it simply didn't play on my Uniti without first down sampling in DB Poweramp.

Posted on: 15 November 2013 by Simon-in-Suffolk

As said, unless you have asked your DLNA (upnp) server to transcode, these files won't play.

If they do and your Nstream confirms it's playing 192/24 then congratulation you have a Qute with the higher spec streaming board for a bargain price.

Simon

Posted on: 16 November 2013 by RobinH

Dear All

Thanks for your comments.

Playing Tusk at the moment and Nstream's reporting FLAC-9216kb/s-192kHz - guess I must just be a lucky boy!

Robin

Posted on: 16 November 2013 by joerand

Originally Posted by RobinH:

Playing Tusk at the moment and Nstream's reporting FLAC-9216kb/s-192kHz - guess I must just be a lucky boy!

Good for you. I love when the USC marching band enters.