DSD Playback

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(08-03-2015 10:30)AntonD Wrote:  

(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.

Hi Simon, yes your presumption is correct.
I have emailed Chord so will await their reply. You can see in this thread that another user with the same streamer has the same issues and apparently Chord are aware. Lets see what happens.

Incidentally, I switched back to dopwav and tried again. I managed to get the 1st 3 tracks to play correctly. (5 tracks total in this album)
There is definitely a sound quality difference. In native DSD, there is a more natural flow to the music, more colour, the quiter passages are more so. Its more relaxing to listen to. (Im not the best at explaining these things in hi-fi terms)

So, I am now definitely intrigued with DSD and want to get more material. These test tracks are an excellent example of whats possible. Its of course my opinion though. I would like the DSD followers to chip in if there are any on this forum?

All the best to everyone. Isn't this hobby great!

I agree with Anton, there seems to be more freedom to the music with DSD. Personally I suspect it is the hard filtering needed to maintain the audio bandwidth but reject the Nyquist frequency and beyond in pcm formats that make listening to pcm less pleasurable than DSD. DSD filtering is more noise shaping so in band phase and group delay distortions are less obtrusive.