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  1. It seems your right, so with the Sonore/exD DAC we really don't know what's happening internally with DSD. Still my point is it doesn't really matter what method you use to get from DSD to analog as long as the results sound good, and my DAC IV is sounding great playing back DSD atm. It sounds like I'll have to compare it to one of the other "native" DSD DACs to really judge MSBs implementation, I wonder if I can get my hands on a Meitner so I can have a listen...
  2. While its true the Meitner seems to convert DSD in something close to its native format (1bit 5.6Mhz) the Sonore uses the DSD1792 chip which is 4bit 5.6Mhz PCM. Even DCS DACs are more than 3 bit DACs. As far as I know if you want a currently produced "true" DSD DAC the Meitner and the Japanese Audiophile Societys 1bit DAC are your only choices.
  3. Most modern DSD converters are not single bit anyway. They are usually 3 to 6 bit running at between 2-12 Mhz. So when you play DSD through them they convert the 1 bit 2.8Mhz DSD to something like 3bit 5.6Mhz PCM. I know that the MSB 24bit DACs do up to 1.5 Mhz so I'm going to speculate that their "native" DSD is really 1.4 Mhz 24 bit PCM. But whatever they are doing the DAC accepts native DSD flawlessly and sounds great.
  4. MSB did a nice job, their DSD implementation works well for double speed DSD too (using foobar, DSD128). I just finished listening to a nice direct to DSD recording in DSD128 that a friend of mine did, it was fantastic.
  5. Works Great! I have it up and running on my DAC IV using both Foobar2000 on my server and my MSB DVD player, the UMT, over S/PDIF (which just got a native DSD streaming firmware too). I don't have any opinions on sound quality yet but it does work perfectly without any glitches at all. It looks like they are using the DoP standard that all the new DACs are using... I wonder if you can use the UMT as a transport for them too. I might have to borrow my friends Mytek.
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