Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Learn the importance of choosing the correct driver in Audirvana, so that you can playback both MQA and DSD files in bit-perfect mode on your Tone2 Pro. In this educational video, you will learn:

00:28 - What is Audirvana?
01:16 - What is MQA audio?
02:50 - Where to get free DSD and MQA files for testing
03:51 - Music formats and Tone2 Pro light colours
04:16 - Installing Audirvana
04:58 - Configure Audirvana Settings
05:22 - Viewing Audirvana's Music Library
05:42 - Download Tone2 Pro drivers and Khadas Audio Dashboard
05:50 - Installing Tone2 Pro drivers and Khadas Audio Dashboard
06:06 - Finding the Khadas Audio Dashboard
06:11 - Explaining the Khadas Audio Dashboard
06:24 - Selecting the audio output device in Audirvana
06:29 - WASAPI driver for bit-perfect MQA playback
07:00 - Listen to a bit-perfect MQA file
08:03 - How do we know the MQA file is in bit-perfect mode?
08:57 - ASIO driver for bit-perfect DSD playback
09:09 - Listen to a bit-perfect DSD file
10:10 - How do we know the DSD file is in bit-perfect mode?
10:50 - Incorrect software decoding of a DSD file as PCM bit-stream
12:50 - Incorrect software decoding of a MQA file as PCM bit-stream
14:33 - Summary of Audirvana software usage

Download Audirvana:
audirvana.com

Download Khadas Audio Dashboard (ASIO & WASAPI drivers):
dl.khadas.com/products/tone2/driver/Khadas_Tone_Driver_V4.86.0_201118.zip

Free DSD & MQA File Downloads:
http://www.2l.no/hires/index.html

What is MQA audio:
mqa.co.uk/newsroom/qa/what-is-mqa

Khadas Tone2 Pro:
khadas.com/tone2pro
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Tone2 Pro Instruction Manual:
dl.khadas.com/products/tone2/manual/tone2pro_user_manual.pdf