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Hi-res streaming on Qobuz

Although hi-res titles on Qobuz indicate streaming at 96kHz or192kHz, I’m not sure my system is reproducing those levels. Both my Arcam Rplay streamer and Schiit Gungnir multibit manuals indicate they accept up to 192kHz.  But I can’t hear a difference in quality comparing hi-res to non hi-res files.  Even if I do an A B comparison using the exact same titles with Qobuz hi-res and Idagio CD quality  resolution, I hear no difference. There are no indicators to tell what’s happening, so I’m wondering if I’m indeed hearing in high resolution.
Is there any way I can be sure?
rvpiano
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rvpiano OP
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riley,
The quest for the new speakers had nothing to do with the streaming issue.
Just wanted to try something different.


mlsstl,
I know exactly what your talking about. Some recordings do sound much better than others.  And I’ve got a few more years on you. 
But, when I play hi-res discs on my Oppo player I can generally hear a difference.
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Interestingly, the Oppo player doesn’t go through the DAC.  So the problem may in the Gumby.
riley804
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Interestingly, the Oppo player doesn’t go through the DAC. So the problem may in the Gumby.


process of elimination
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Yes, I tracked down in the Arcam documentation on how to access hi-res files.
When i tuned in the hi-res setting it said unsupported format, indicating the problem is in the Gumby.  I’ll investigate that now.
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I can’t get a definitive answer, but I don’t think the Gumby supports hi-res streaming, even though the manual says it goes as high as 192mHz.
However it sounds so damn good I guess it doesn’t matter.
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