HQ player settings with iFI Micro DSD

[Narcissus]

@Miska my rig never sounded so good! To revive a 3 yr old thread Jussi, does everything look OK to you?

 

fwiw, ifi idsd micro> MBP 2012

[Miska]

2 hours ago, Narcissus said:

@Miska my rig never sounded so good! To revive a 3 yr old thread Jussi, does everything look OK to you?

 

fwiw, ifi idsd micro> MBP 2012

 

Yes, looks good to me! If you use PCM output mode, set "DAC Bits" to 24. For SDM (DSD) output mode it doesn't matter.

 

[asdf1000]

1 hour ago, Miska said:

 

Yes, looks good to me! If you use PCM output mode, set "DAC Bits" to 24. For SDM (DSD) output mode it doesn't matter.

 

 

For PCM768kHz I see NS9 selected.

 

Is NS5 better at PCM768kHz?

 

[Miska]

8 minutes ago, Em2016 said:

For PCM768kHz I see NS9 selected.

 

Is NS5 better at PCM768kHz?

 

Either one can be used, based on preferences. NS5 doesn't work so well for lower rates, because it needs more spectrum space.

 

But I would just stick to DSD with iFi micro iDSD and forget PCM. And remember that if you use PCM at 705.6/768, after DAC power up / computer boot you need to first play either something at lower PCM rate or DSD before switching to 705.6/768 PCM rate. Otherwise the DAC behaves incorrectly due to some firmware bug.

 

[jamesg11]

Do iFi know this ...?

[Miska]

2 hours ago, jamesg11 said:

Do iFi know this ...?

 

I don't know, @AMR/iFi audio ?

 

But they would probably tell me to install "Cookies & Cream" firmware. But I don't want the limitations and MQA, so I'm sticking with "Limoncello"...