dsd vs pcm

  1. Soria Moria

    How does DSD to PCM conversion work?

    Hi, newbie here. I've seen a lot of PCM music that has been converted from DSD64, and what they seem to almost always have in common is that the PCM converted version is 24-bit 88.2 KHz sample rate. From what I know of DSD and specifically DSD64, is that it's 1-bit at a 2.8224 MHz sample rate...
  2. C

    Best cheap DAC/Headphone Amp for classical music

    Hello everyone, Noob here. I would like to listen to good source material (high resolution FLACs, etc) on my AKG K612 Pro headphones. Music genre is wide range classical from rumbling low church organ to high pitch violin. It is important to me to get the sound as close as possible to master...
  3. S

    Playing DSD files

    Hello, I have Matrix Element X and it does not play DSD files without rather loud and mostly annoying clicks in between the titles. In Asset UPnP there is an option to play DSF files as WAV, which means it is transcoding from DSD into PCM format. I have been noticing the quality of sound is...
  4. amirm

    Inside Your High-Res Music: Sound Liaison high resolution music clips

    Hello everyone. Here is another episode in my look inside different high resolution samples. Here, I analyze the free samples from the great indie label, Sound Liaison which as 2L, are kind enough to provide these clips for us to use...
  5. amirm

    AES Paper Digest: Subjective Evaluation of High Resolution Recordings in PCM and DSD

    A much more recent paper/study on differences between PCM at 24/192 versus DSD at 2.8 and 5.6 Mhz (single and double speed DSD respectively). http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=17166&rndx=224452 Subjective Evaluation of High Resolution Recordings in PCM and DSD Audio Formats Atsushi...
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