Can someone tell me why Tidal MQA shows as 96Khz when using a non-MQA DAC?

As I recall, if you are using the Chrome or Tidal app, that's what it should do.

I don't know of any way to pass the original MQA stream directly to an MQA enabled DAC.

For Windows I found the perfect article.


https://inspiringheadphones.com/are-you-getting-the-best-out-of-tidal-hifi/
If you have an MQA capable DAC use the eclusive, and MQA passthrough settings.

BTW, I just tried the suggestions in that article, though finding the settings was a little weird, but I can confirm that I'm getting either 44.1 or 88K depending on what I'm listening to.

I imagine the MQA pass through also works.
Best,
E