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Nice work indeed, @MattHooper, and thanks. That the sonic difference between these two preamp should be audible is, of course, what any...

What is it about some audiophiles wanting a more homogenised, nicer and thicker-textured sound presentation? :) Live music doesn't do...

Hey folks, I thought I'd post about a little blind test I did between my two current preamplifiers: Benchmark LA4 vs. Conrad Johnson...

As described in my original post ->...

Now that I've had a few weeks with the Okto dac8 pro thought it would be good share my experience integrating a few DSPs with the Okto...

Thanks for the clear and detailed explanation of the problem @mdsimon2 ! Is @PavelV aware of this issue? So far I’ve only been using the...

It only happens with more than 2 channels of AES input. It does NOT happen with multichannel USB input (Pure USB mode) or 2 channel AES...

Not the one I listen to. It is basically a *licensed* LPFM / streamer. Being LPFM, it has no commercial support, nor will it ever...

I’m not sure the point of this post. When I first found the issue I quantified it. You can see the result on phase response for 48 kHz...

It’s here. Halfway down page .https://blog.nativedsd.com/the-nativity-of-native/ What’s your take?

I own 2 sabre dacs Arcam ess9016. and m dac plus. Ess9018 I called both company’s. I questioned them. Both arcam and audiolab...

You're obviously correct, the diagram lacks too many details to be sure of anything. One thing I do know for sure from the (leaked)...

A popular belief is ESS convert DSD (1 bit SDM) to multi-bit SDM, for digital volume control... but the input sample rate itself is not...

What is your application? It really isn't that concerning for many applications. If you aren't using multiple AES inputs -> not an...

TL;DR For how DSD to directly DSD sampling works: Whatever that means.. Still don't see how this is direct DSD manipulation outside of...