I think we have it. I the set MM Qobuz setting to 24bit lossless and then rebooted the iPad. I rebooted the BDP-3, launched MM and now I am getting the 96/24+ files as 96/24. Thank you freshaudo and vonnie123! I am not a computer audio guy, mostly analog. I should have remembered the computer “fix all”...reboot!
Cheers,
Geary