DoPWave problems

[simoncn]

(07-09-2013 23:08)wappinghigh Wrote:  What's interesting is an encoded multichannel DSD file actually streams to the Oppo as well. And plays. Sure with the same problem, so the encoding doesn't work and I'd doubt the Oppo supports Dop... but the file plays all the same with the same "faint music" in the background.... So could this be a way around their UPnP DSD issue? Playing the file via the Oppo's GUI using UPnP didn't even "mount" the file..remember that issue?

For this to work on Mac OS X, the OPPO would need to support DoP. This is because Mac OS X is only able to play PCM to a USB DAC. Encoding the DSD signal within PCM using DoP is a way to fool the Mac into thinking it's playing a PCM file, but the DAC knows the real truth.

On other platforms such as Windows or Linux, it might be possible to send native DSD to the OPPO via a USB connection without the need for DoP encoding. You would need to find out whether the OPPO can accept a DSD stream via USB. I haven't done any investigation into this.