Julf wrote: > There is. 'DSD over USB' (http://dsd-guide.com/dop-open-standard). Not > sure I would bother - the usual arguments I hear for DSD are mostly of > the "it is technically closer to analog, so it must be better" ilk...
Yea DSD is basically sony's attempt to copy protection by obscurity , none of the soundqality arguments really holds water . The copy protection seems to work , no consumer computer stuff seems to able to handle the stuff, never seen an SACD drive or ripper or consumer software that plays DSD files. Technically ( if I got it rigth ) SACD is equal to 20bit except in the extreme treble where it is less than 16 bit , yes SACD has less S/N then reedbook at 20kHz then it progressively gets worse ,but the SACD player should filter out the ultrasonic residues at some level I don't know what appropriate , and actually many SACD player uses PCM anyway to use the DAC's and filters aviable on the market. A 24/88.2 pcm file would encode all the relevant stuff there could be in in a SACD DSD stream . There are some laughable attempts to decode DSD passively it sort of works :) and sounds "different" so of course it has traction among the mystics.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96407 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
