Benchmark dac2 and mqa


I’m an old guy and very tech challenged and need help understanding something. I have benchmark dac2 which I understand does not support mqa. The tidal app on my Mac mini has “more settings” for this dac. One of these settings is “pass through mqa” which is supposed disable software decoding. When I choose this setting the music still plays. Shouldn’t it not work if my dac truly doesn’t support mqa?
emiliop

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I had the MQA guys, ROON guys, T+A guys, and Wilson guys in the same demo room showing people how good MQA was. They demoed with it on and off. My ears were a little ringing from a prior speaker demo in another room. So when I say I could not tell a difference on an uber expensive system with MQA on and off, there is a bit of uncertainty in that observation.

However, even at home with my DACs (including the Benchmark DAC3B) that both support MQA and do not, I cannot tell a difference either.