can v30 hardwire mqa to a nad amp ?

[Android Central Question]

What if I come out of the v30 headphone line and into the RCA's of a NAD 3020?
Do you think that would allow Tidal's MQA recordings to work?
V30 seems to work better with Tidal's MQA through the headphones than through
streaming.

 

[Rukbat]

To the Aux input - it might work. It depends on whether NAD designed the aux input properly. It should be a bridging input, and that wouldn't look like an earphone to the V30. You might have to wire a 47 Ohm resistor from line to ground to make the V30 switch to earphones. (It depends on whether the V30's earphone jack switches just by plugging in a plug [a mechanical switch] or by the presence of a load.)

And the levels (what the V30 puts out and what the 3020 expects) matter too. If the output is too high, you might need an L-Pad to reduce it. If it's too low you'd need a pre-amp.