Dirac without losing resolution

I have a Minidsp.  Most recordings that I listen to are not above 24/192.

For the ones that are, I use a different input on the DAC than the one that connects to the MiniDSP.

Yes, I lose the DSP benefits with those recordings but they still sound amazing.  It makes me wonder if most of the benefits of DSP occur in the standard resolution ranges (which is where 99%) of all records live).  Perhaps the super high resolution records overcome my room limitations because they are just so open.  Can’t say.

  This doesn’t answer your question, but I recommend trying it for yourself 

I believe the RME DACs are limited in sampling rates when using it's DSP functionality for EQ and other features ,.   There is just not enough processing power to process the incoming data and perform DSP.    These limits start at 384k and higher.   It passes DSD content untouched , no DSP

Same thing with room EQ on eversolo streamers.   Except they are limited to 24/48k.   

the issue is that I can’t seem to find a way to avoid limiting the resolution to 24/192 or even lower with most dirac endpoints.

AFAIK, DL is limited to 24/192. So what?

Yes, I lose the DSP benefits with those recordings but they still sound amazing. It makes me wonder if most of the benefits of DSP occur in the standard resolution ranges (which is where 99%) of all records live). Perhaps the super high resolution records overcome my room limitations because they are just so open. Can’t say.

I can. What DSP/DL does has nothing to do with resolution. It is as capable with high resolution (>24/192) as it is with 16/44.1. Super high resolution has nothing to do with speaker faults, poorly matched speakers or room effects, all of which are addressed by DSP/DL.

You might call it a trade-off between the two but, in my experience, the improvements wrought by DSP/DL are much more significant than those due to increases resolution beyond 24/96.

Thanks for all of the feedback.  I agree that most of the source material is within the limits of these dirac devices.

For those of you that are using it, how do you have it connected?  Ex between the streamer and dac?  If so, which connectors are you using for the input and output?

I was hoping to at least connect my PC via its USB to the minidsp but not sure if it even has a USB input.

Does dirac need to work in the digital domain?  If not, can I connect the analog output of the dac to the input of the minidsp?

Dirac needs to work in the digital domain . . . that’s why it’s called DSP (digital signal processing). That kind of processing is not feasible in the analog domain. Until recently, processing typically was done at 48 kHz or 96 kHz, so 192 kHz is current state of the art.

Some DSP devices can be fed with an analog signal; however, it is converted to digital before processing and then re-converted back. So I would not advise doing DAC before Dirac, as you’d be adding a DAC-ADC cycle to the signal processing. In my experience, the fewer conversions, the better.