Redbook Keeps Surprising

sboje

No confusion, just read this by MoJo music, it explains it all simply.

Remember pcm (is Redbook), and R2R Multibit converts it "bit perfect".

DS delta/sigma (bitstream, single bit) does DSD, but only a facsimile of Redbook (pcm)

Cheers George

"When a PCM (cd) file is played on a DSD (sacd) or Bit Stream converter, the DAC chip has to convert the PCM to DSD in real time. This is one of the major reasons people claim DSD (sacd) sounds better than PCM (cd), when in fact, it is just that the chip in most modern single-bit DACs do a poor job of decoding PCM (cd)."

PS:  sboje your Meridian is a CS4390 a Delta Sigma not the best for Redbook so is the Auralic Vega also a DS convertor.

If you want the best for redbook conversion look for a dac that use R2R Multibit.

The price of the Auralic is $3.5K there are many  R2R mulibits in that budget. ask if you want some recommendations.  

Cheers George