I don’t want to describe how to install/configure the strawberry + tidal on a Linux machine. There are too many articles on the internet about it, for example, How to use Tidal on Linux. Well, it’s been a hard, enduring, and… | by Lázaro Santos | Medium
What I want here is to ensure the correct MQA/Master quality playing on tone2 PRO
First of all, you need to install the tool Pavucontrol
, in order to facilitate the PulseAudio
config. After installed you need to disable the tone2 Pro audio card on PulseAudio
, steps:
- open the Pavucontrol
- go to the tab
Configuration
- Click on the tone2 Pro profile and select the
off
option
Now it’s strawberry time.
- open the settings (Tools -> Settings)
- go to the
Backend
option - Click on the
Output
selector and choose the optionOutput to a sound card via ALSA
- Click on the
Device
selector and choose the optionTone2 Pro USB Audio
- press the
OK
button - Play a music
- ENJOY your tone2 PRO + Tidal + MQA/Master
Tested Albums
- elements from Ludovico Einaudi plays in blue MQA
- Seven Days Walking (Day 6) from Ludovico Einaudi plays in green MQA
- Sweet Apocalypse from Lambert plays in blue MQA
- Adiemus - Songs of Sanctuary from Karl Jenkins plays in… yellow (no MQA here :/)