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Quickly checking Shenzhen Audio, all the DACs are either XMOS or do not support DSD256 over DoP. Some of the newer ones like SMSL M500 mkIII use the newer XU316 so have asked a question in the review post if anyone noted DSD playback issues.
The problem I am having with DSD playback is dropouts; the sound is interrupted, I see my DACs switch from DSD to PCM and back to DSD, and then playback resumes. I’m using DoP over USB on a MacBook Air M2, so plenty of power, and Audirvāna. I can also reproduce with native DSD over uPNP from Audirvāna to Volumio.
One can definitely play DSD256 over DoP, using a DAC that supports PCM 768k — eg. D10s or E30. In theory a DAC that did PCM 1536k should be able to do DSD512 over DoP, but that would be fairly esoteric at this point.
One can definitely play DSD256 over DoP, using a DAC that supports PCM 768k — eg. D10s or E30. In theory a DAC that did PCM 1536k should be able to do DSD512 over DoP, but that would be fairly esoteric at this point.
Sorry just a correction, the D10s cannot do DSD256 over DoP, being limited to PCM 352k. E30 (plus pretty much everything from Topping except the D10 series) can, as can pretty much everything else one finds at the top of the ASR list with a few exceptions.