sunjam
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Nowadays, virutally all DAC supports "Native DSD" but not all support DSD Direct mode.
Based on my understanding, ESS does not support DSD Direct mode at all (even they are problaby no.1 in terms of market share).
AKM does support it; CS41398 supports it but not their CS43131.
Based on ESS, looks like that DSD Direct mode is not important at all (as they don't care). Is it because that they are so big that they can dirve the market's need, or DSD Direct mode is indeed a myth; just some purists want their DSD music to be "bit perfect" down to the last digital-to-analogy step (even the difference in terms of the sound produced is virutally close to none)?
What's your experience in terms of switching between DSD Direct on/off? Does it really make a difference to you?
I have no experience personally as my DACs do not support it. I think it would help some of us (who have no experinece with it) in making the next DAC purchase decision.
Cheers
Based on my understanding, ESS does not support DSD Direct mode at all (even they are problaby no.1 in terms of market share).
AKM does support it; CS41398 supports it but not their CS43131.
Based on ESS, looks like that DSD Direct mode is not important at all (as they don't care). Is it because that they are so big that they can dirve the market's need, or DSD Direct mode is indeed a myth; just some purists want their DSD music to be "bit perfect" down to the last digital-to-analogy step (even the difference in terms of the sound produced is virutally close to none)?
What's your experience in terms of switching between DSD Direct on/off? Does it really make a difference to you?
I have no experience personally as my DACs do not support it. I think it would help some of us (who have no experinece with it) in making the next DAC purchase decision.
Cheers