diff --git a/data/qnt.dac b/data/qnt.dac
index f4594c1..20ba61a 100644
Binary files a/data/qnt.dac and b/data/qnt.dac differ
diff --git a/vall_e/config.py b/vall_e/config.py
index 3a06730..38f775e 100755
--- a/vall_e/config.py
+++ b/vall_e/config.py
@@ -157,13 +157,24 @@ class Dataset:
 	
 	tasks_list: list[str] = field(default_factory=lambda: ["tts"])
 	
-	_frames_per_second: int = 0 # in encodec, each frame is 75 codes, in dac, each frame is 41
+	_frames_per_second: int = 0 # allows setting your own hint
 
 	@cached_property
 	def frames_per_second(self):
 		if self._frames_per_second > 0:
 			return self._frames_per_second
-		return 41 if cfg.inference.audio_backend == "dac" else 75
+
+		if cfg.inference.audio_backend == "dac":
+			# using the 44KHz model with 24KHz sources has a frame rate of 41Hz
+			if cfg.variable_sample_rate and cfg.sample_rate == 24_000:
+				return 41
+			if cfg.sample_rate == 44_000:
+				return 86
+			if cfg.sample_rate == 16_000:
+				return 50
+		
+		# 24Khz Encodec / Vocos and incidentally DAC are all at 75Hz
+		return 75
 
 	@property
 	def min_phones(self):
@@ -562,7 +573,7 @@ class Config(_Config):
 	tokenizer: str = "./tokenizer.json"
 
 	sample_rate: int = 24_000
-	variable_sample_rate: bool = True # for DAC, this will override the model automatically resampling to 44KHz.
+	variable_sample_rate: bool = False # NOT recommended, as running directly 24Khz audio in the 44Khz DAC model will have detrimental quality loss
 
 	@property
 	def distributed(self):
diff --git a/vall_e/emb/qnt.py b/vall_e/emb/qnt.py
index 2983879..5b43f6c 100755
--- a/vall_e/emb/qnt.py
+++ b/vall_e/emb/qnt.py
@@ -143,17 +143,19 @@ def _load_vocos_model(device="cuda", levels=cfg.model.max_levels):
 
 @cache
 def _load_dac_model(device="cuda", levels=cfg.model.max_levels):
-	kwargs = dict(model_type="44khz",model_bitrate="8kbps",tag="latest")
-
-	# yes there's a better way, something like f'{cfg.sample.rate//1000}hz'
-	if cfg.sample_rate == 44_000:
-		kwargs["model_type"] = "44kz"
-	elif cfg.sample_rate == 24_000:
-		kwargs["model_type"] = "24khz"
-	elif cfg.sample_rate == 16_000:
-		kwargs["model_type"] = "16khz"
-	else:
-		raise Exception(f'unsupported sample rate: {cfg.sample_rate}')
+	kwargs = dict(model_type="24khz",model_bitrate="8kbps",tag="latest")
+	"""
+	if not cfg.variable_sample_rate:
+		# yes there's a better way, something like f'{cfg.sample.rate//1000}hz'
+		if cfg.sample_rate == 44_000:
+			kwargs["model_type"] = "44kz"
+		elif cfg.sample_rate == 24_000:
+			kwargs["model_type"] = "24khz"
+		elif cfg.sample_rate == 16_000:
+			kwargs["model_type"] = "16khz"
+		else:
+			raise Exception(f'unsupported sample rate: {cfg.sample_rate}')
+	"""
 
 	model = __load_dac_model(**kwargs)
 	model = model.to(device)