I discovered Prime Seat a while back, running it on my Windows10 Pro machine, USB into my DAC, for some reason (I think it's Windows) it converts the DSD stream into PCM (as shown on my DAC's display). I did a little digging and found there are ASIO and WSAPI drivers, can't remember which one I have from PS Audio, but I probably needed the other type to support DSD on the USB port. Just one of those things I thought I'd spend time diagnosing and solving, when I had a lot more time to devote to it.
I have just ordered a PS Audio DirectStream transport, when connected to my DirectStream DAC using the I2S cable, when playing SACDs, does some sort of "handshake" with the DAC (to satisfy Sony's anti-copy requirements) and sends native DSD to the DAC. I can't wait till this new transport arrives, from what I read is the "cat's meow".
I have just ordered a PS Audio DirectStream transport, when connected to my DirectStream DAC using the I2S cable, when playing SACDs, does some sort of "handshake" with the DAC (to satisfy Sony's anti-copy requirements) and sends native DSD to the DAC. I can't wait till this new transport arrives, from what I read is the "cat's meow".