DSD vs PCM .. Truth or Myth

Nothing has killed DSD and high rez files more than modern DACs. They sound really really good even with Redbook.

Good point Eric.

Only couple weeks ago I was listening to CD as a transport only to my DAC and found I was extremely impressed with the overall SQ, much more so than when using its analog outs.

Progress indeed.

Very strange.
I just noticed that ALL of Elizabeth posts are deleted.

This was mentioned on another thread too.

Come to think of it not seen her posting of late either.

Odd.

@mzkmxcv

You continue to display what you don’t know. In addition to the original DSD recordings currently being made available, hundreds of analog titles have been released as AAD SACDs from companies like RCA, Mercury and EMI. All of their editing and mastering is done in analog, NOT PCM. I am more familiar with the classical releases but there are hundreds of pop releases as well. Many record collectors are transferring their LPs directly to DSD using a Tascam DA-3000, for example. No PCM involved.

DXD is just a high rez PCM format Nothing special except that the rez is very high.

In defense of the SQ of SACDs, Sony has restricted the ability to feed the SACD digitally into sophisticated DACs. Only those with special DAC units as from PS Audio, or those who have ripped their SACDs can hear what they can really do. This is not to deny that DACs are becoming so good at reproducing Red Book, that the differences are getting smaller.

Lots of valuable information on the topic of DSD editing here
http://help.nativedsd.com/high-resolution-dsd-listening/provenance-and-products/is-all-of-the-music-...

Interestingly it seems their own view is similar to my own experience in that I prefer listening to PCM recordings upsampled to DSD/128 via my dCS Vivaldi stack over the native, or upsampled, PCM.