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It's why DSD rates were/are integral multiples of CD rate (44.1). The idea was to have the master digital version be DSD, and it would be rendered to PCM for consumer products. (You must match levels within 0.1db or you will pick the louder program as sounding better.)ĭSD was originally meant to be an archiving format for record companies.
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I'll assume you were being critical and this wasn't a red hearing chasing a different volume level. HD sample rates are all about the machines we build (AD & DA converters in this case) running better. There's no actual meaningful audio content captured above 20kHz. You could convert some program in 88.2k to 176.4k and A/B listen to try to confirm that. (In the same way that most consumer converters found in AVRs run better at HD than SD.) You may have hardware converters that perform better as ultra HD sample rates vs. Re: 176.4k sample rate sounding better than 88.2k. Now render those files to 24 bit fixed and convert to FLAC. Open the wav files in your favorite DAW app.
#INTEL NUC HQPLAYER 32 BIT#
So it is critical to convert to floating point first!Ĭonvert the DSD to 32 bit floating point wav using 32:1 decimation. If you have a hot example and convert it straight to FLAC (or any format in 24 bit), you will clip! Conversely, a lower level example will lose precision (even if only 1 bit). The levels on DSD program can end up anywhere from 6db low to 6db over zero after conversion to PCM. This results in a sample rate of 88.2k.Īnything else gives a lossy conversion and the lossiness goes way beyond normal PCM to PCM sample rate conversion! You want 32:1 decimation to convert the DSD losslessly to PCM. I'll use XLD to convert to PCM and I save that in FLAC in the end. (I feel like there should be a better way to do this.
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But in the meantime I'm thinking of doing some conversions - so just wondered if I should stick to 88.2?įirst, I use Sonore iso2dsd (a free Javascript app) to rip a SACD iso image to DSD files. I'm hoping at some point I'll be able to get DSD going through the NUC. You'd think technically it could be able to bitstream as my £65 blu ray player can send DSD files over HDMI? It's really great and perfect with PCM however Kodi can't handle DSD (so far) through HDMI and converts to PCM on the fly at 192kHz. And it also doesn't support gapless.īecause of that I decided to opt for an Intel NUC with Kodi. The problem I have is that it has to be through DLNA and the interface is really bad (think boot up screen). I have a really modest system but it can handle multichannel DSD. There's just a very subtle nuance especially when it's well mastered like the DV's. I do have to say that I can actually hear the difference on my system when playing DSD. SRC Algorithm - Drop down menu with SoX MQ, SoX HQ, SoX VHQ Linear Phase, SoX VHQ Intermediate Phase, SoX VHQ Minimum Phaseĭoes anyone know what the SRC Algorithm is and what's the best one to use?! Samplerate Conversion - Drop down menu starting from 192, 176.2, 96, 88.2 kHz etc. I'm using XLD Converter (Mac based) and there are couple of different settings for converting from DSD. A-B-ing is really tough to tackle unless you have 2 identically set up systems to switch between. It's quite possible my mind was playing tricks on me - looking for a sonic improvement knowing it was a larger file! I'd prefer just to nail the best audio really. I've read that 88.2 kHz should be the default sample rate but I decided to do a test and the 176.4 sounded a tiny tiny bit better. Does anyone have a definitive set up when converting DSD to PCM (flac)?