Hiby is upscaling the bit depth to push down the noise floor? Possibly? More likely however is that Hiby is supporting true bit-perfect transmission with hardware volume control handled by the DAC (as indicated in Hiby's settings). Same green light on the DAC indicating a 44.1kHz sample rate - but better sound. It actually sounds better! I'd almost say objectively better, but there is a measurable difference and to me it sounds cleaner than the Tidal app itself. try downloading the free Hiby app for Android, change settings to exclusive mode for your DAC, login to your Tidal account and stream the same Tidal track through the Hiby app instead of the Tidal app. This really puzzled me because the DAC should be receiving a bit-perfect signal from Tidal so how can Amazon sound "better"? Assuming both are streaming from the same 16bit 44.1kHz source material and Amazon isn't adding any post-processing - they should be at least on par if not better on Tidal due to the exclusive DAC mode. Listening to the same track on Amazon Music and Tidal however and the Amazon one does sound somewhat "cleaner". When I use exclusive mode on Tidal, the Dragonfly turns green indicating it is receiving a 44.1kHz sample rate which should be expected. Playing 16bit 44.1kHz tracks on Tidal through the DAC. Android device (tested on Pixel 6, Realme GT2, Redmi Note 10 Pro) together with a Dragonfly Cobalt USB DAC. I'm not here to bash one or the other - however I have found an objective and measurable difference with the hardware I'm using and the Tidal app which could explain some other user cases.
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