I don't have any real argument for you except what I hear. I hear a small improvement with native DSD and with DSD over hi-res resamples to PCM of DSD. It is possible that this is simply my DAC being better at converting DSD, although I don't think it is only this, as I have heard it under different circumstances.
DSD sounds different. I am far from the only one who thinks so. To some ears it is better and more analog like, to other ears it is "Soft". We can agree to disagree on that, it is a matter of taste. As regards a player like the SONY that upsamples PCM to DSD, again, sounding better is a matter of taste, not ideology. You can make whatever argument you want, if some people think it sounds better, then I think that's great for them. The argument is no more useful than whether tubes sound better than SS or are euphonic distortion, or whether vinyl sounds better than digital. Basically a useless argument, whidh cannot be won. Your argument about too many recording/playback formats is a good one. It may be the reason DSD doesn't really succeed. GIK Acoustics Room Treatments. Tranquil PC fanless server running Windows 7 via FW> Mytek 192 DSD DAC;Odyssey Kismet (Khartago case) Stereo Amp; Devore Gibbon 9 Speakers; Dual 506 + Ortofon M20 (occasional use); SB Touch slaved to Empirical Audio Pace Car;SB Boom and SB Touch in additional rooms. Arcam CD82 which I don't use anymore, even though it's a very good player. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ firedog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101003 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
