Hiro
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I know it oversamples all lower rates to 8xDSD, but it's a DSD512 DAC. It's in their announcement: "MDAC™ in both platforms are now fully discrete DSD512/8xDSD D/A converters completely built in-house at EMM Labs' manufacturing facility in Canada."
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The dCS is a 64fs DAC so the lack of support for DSD512fs doesn't surprise me. But the updated EMM Labs is actually a DSD512/8xDSD DAC, as is the T+A DAC 8 DSD, yet only the latter accepts DSD512 input. That's what puzzles me...
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Cool, but why isn't it actually handling DSD512/8xDSD audio, like for example the T+A DAC 8 DSD?
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Comparing R2-R vs. Delta Sigma DAC
Hiro replied to Frankenstein's topic in DAC - Digital to Analog Conversion
Very interesting measurements. And again, Miska, thanks for sharing them. -
Comparing R2-R vs. Delta Sigma DAC
Hiro replied to Frankenstein's topic in DAC - Digital to Analog Conversion
Speaking of R-2R DACs performance, here's how the flagship Schiit DAC measures: Schiit Audio Yggdrasil D/A processor Measurements | Stereophile.com -
Playback Designs Merlot DAC/Headphone Amp with DSD 256
Hiro replied to bmoura's topic in DAC - Digital to Analog Conversion
Can the Pinot ADCs be similarly daisy-chained for multichannel 11.2MHz DSD recording? -
Well, DSD-wide DAWs will be an alternative for them, so that they don't need to downsample their 256FS SDM masters to 8fS PCM or such.
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Many people upsample PCM to DSD so they "don't shun any kind of processing," and DSD processed without any downsampling/decimation at MHz rates, is superior to the first option, as such files can be played in NOS mode on DSD DACs.
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But that could change... SDM-wide DAWs certainly bring us closer to end-to-end SDM...
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IIRC, Miska said that pretty much everything is possible in terms of SDM-wide DSP for DSD. So, let's wait and see what the new DSD DAW will be capable of...
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Fortunately, DSD-wide DAWs don't require decimation, and the conversion to low rate PCM and back can be avoided.
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An important and most welcome development. I trust that it's going to support the current DSD128+ rates...
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If they do process DSD, its internal representation is still delta-sigma modulated signal. AKM, among others, offer a more direct path for DSD (bypassing decimation, and two steps of internal oversampling) in their SDM DACs...
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Just wanted to remind everyone that the current DSD DACs can already accept DSD up to 24.6MHz, which gives them great SNR and super-wide bandwidth. See, for example: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f6-dac-digital-analog-conversion/t-digital-analogue-converter-8-direct-stream-digital-27935/index33.html#post554399