DSD Playback

[beckphotonik]

(08-03-2015 10:11)simoncn Wrote:  

(08-03-2015 09:40)AntonD Wrote:  @Simon, do you have any thoughts as to why there are no issues with the setting [wav24;176] and then the above problem with dopwav?

I presume the Chord renderer issue applies only to native DSD playaback, not PCM playback. You could confirm this with Chord.

Chord pcm playback is rock solid, it is just the DSD/dopwav that is an issue. I get the impression from lengthy conversations with them that it was added to the dsx1000 some time after the unit was put to market but the practical in field environment testing was a little lacking. I can certainly play DSD on my unit now with a fair degree of reliability but under certain conditions. The network traffic must be minimised, using the unit remote rather than a control point helps. If you must use a control point, android chord HD app is best for me followed by the iPad version but BubbleUpnp is a disaster. For the record I too transcode flac:wav24 as standard, there is a slight improvement is sq over native flac.