BMichel

Hello again, There aren't a lot of Harmonia Mundi HiRez downloads on HDTracks, but I can say with a certain amount authority that the downloads offered are native DSD. Future offerings (coming soon)will also be native DSD or 88.2. Not sure about the source of the confusion above. Brad Michel Harmonia Mundi USA

Part of what you are saying is true and the rest might be confusing to those reading the post. Yes, the only way to get from DSD to Hirez PCM is to do a DSD to PCM conversion; however, the Harmonia Mundi recordings available in Hirez on HDTracks are native DSD. There is no upsampling involved.

I checked iTrax and HDTracks and all of the available hires downloads from Harmonia Mundi are native DSD. Not sure where the above information came from.