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Do I have to get a CD player to sample DSD on my digital rig?

I have Innuos zenith mk 3 (pcm) and T+A DAC 200 (which will play both pcm and dsd).  Some say dsd is better than pcm. I’m running Qobuz and it sounds really good. Just wanted to sample the dsd if possible.

hysteve
tweak1
3,668 posts
 

My Audiolab 6000CDT plays most of my MoFi sacd/dsd discs

hysteve OP
80 posts
 

Great!! Bring it on over and we’ll hook it up! 😆😆

jwpstayman
401 posts
 

Tweak1 - you are mistaken.  The Audiolab  will play the cd res track on an SACD, but not the sacd format itself.  That requires a different laser mechanism.  It also is not copy protected, so SACD digital output to a free-standing DAC is not possible.

Hysteve - unfortunately you would need a server rather than a streamer and a friend that has dsd on a drive that you could copy/use to try it.  I have the DAC 200 and a server with some dsd music files myself and it does sound great but then again, so does the Qobuz streaming in pcm.

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