Until end of July I used a laptop und HRA (a german streaming platform) to stream music in hires (24bit) quality to my SA30 (via cable and an external DAC) and all worked perfect. As of August I changed to TIDAL. Now, when I select hires music on the TIDAL app of my smartphone it shows the correct …

Tidal seemingly changed streaming format for hi-res, they are no longer using MQA for that. So now ball is on Arcam’s side, to update SA30 firmware to make hi-res on Tidal possible again. According to some posts on this forum, Arcam seem to have promised that, but i will not believe till i see it …

In the meantime I tried to stream TIDAL from my smartphone with Bubble UPnP and, surprisingly, hires music is also shown as hires on SA30 (eg 96 or 192 kHz). Is this really possible or is it just a fake?

It’s possible, as it works in a different way. Essentially it’s your phone that is connecting to Tidal, and streams it using DLNA/UPnP to SA30. But i would call it a dirty workaround, and not something really convenient for everyday use :slight_smile: I guess right now there’s only issue with Tidal…

Hi Felix, thank you for your help. I use music streaming just at home in my private net. So, I am happy with the Bubble UPnP solution so far. Because there is no limitation of resolution, it is the same as it ist shown on the smartphone. Besides I can also stream hires from my laptop using an extern…

Apparently it will shortly be resolved. [image] Tidal Hi Res update Software exploding_head exploding_head exploding_head exploding_head exploding_head exploding_head exploding_head

So is the phone the source of the stream? You send the stream from the phone to the SA30? If so, that is probably the reason - might be worth checking what the phone can do… I can stream from a Mac to my SA30 at the expected quality.

I think is has nothing to do with the smartphone (Huawei P30) itself. If I stream TIDAL hires music via USB to SA30, I get the resolution 96mHz (which is standard for a smartphone), but via TIDAL connect only 44,1 mHz. And - if I stream directly from PC to SA30 (within my homenet/by using cable) v…

I am sorry for the error. The resolution is not mHz but kHz!

hi, this is a known issue. Tidal used to use MQA for hi-res which SA30 fully supported. Last year Tidal changed to FLAC for hi-res which Arcam has refused to release software update to enable FLAC hi-res support. I have emailed them many times and they said they are not fixing it. I bought a Wiim st…

I think they will not update the SA30 within a short period of time, due to the fact, that SA35 and SA40 are planned to be introduced in autumn. Nevertheless, and this is interesting for me, I can obviously stream TIDAL’s hires music via Bubble Upnp. At least - it shows the same hires resolution …

No hires quality from streaming apps

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paulguk August 21, 2024, 5:34pm 6

Apparently it will shortly be resolved.

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No hires quality from streaming apps

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