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When feeding a DAC Hi-Res files, DSD128, 256, 512, PCM 32/768, etc are NOS DACs prefered?

If you are planning on collecting and feeding a DAC higher Res files, is there any preference for NOS DACs vs those that always oversample to higher rates?(assuming the DAC can handle files with those higher rates) Why oversample files that are already Hi-Res? Or at the very least a DAC that allows both NOS and OS.

Thanks......

jim94025
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carlsbad2
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Grimm MU1 (and I think MU2) would be examples.  you can turn it off, 2x, or 4x.

Jerry

bigby
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Not sure what you are asking, but look at the the Bricasti M21. It has a true 1 bit DSD for DSD content.

jim94025 OP
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"Can you give an example of a modern dac that always oversamples??"

Well...I may be wrong, but I thought something like the Meitner MA3 upsamples everything to DSD 1024?? 

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lalitk
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“Why oversample files that are already Hi-Res?”

Some folks get a kick out of it…nothing else sound as natural as original resolution. Instead of over sampling, focus on getting the best version out there, regardless of its resolution. I have 16bit/44.1kHz files that sounds absolutely sublime. 

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oddiofyl
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I like whatever DAC I'm using to playback files at their native resolution.  It's OK if it can upsample, as long as it can be defeated 

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