Hiro Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Frankly, I think it is a reason why more DAC mfgers haven't gone DSD; they see it as a completely different analog stage design and don't want to compromise their stellar PCM playback. Given how little electronics goes into the Schiit Loki DAC and how little it costs, I don't see a reason to not implement two separate paths for DSD and PCM in one casing. Link to comment
Hiro Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 As for compromising "stellar PCM" playback, wasn't Ayre's QB-9 DAC PCM playback actually improved after adding the DSD functionality to the DAC? Link to comment
Hiro Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Can you say what that would look like? [ATTACH=CONFIG]7881[/ATTACH] The board is so small that it would easily fit inside a full-size casing, along with PCM processing board. I assume that sending DSD and PCM signal to the appropriate circuitry wouldn't require rocket science. Link to comment
Hiro Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Then it would look like Lavry or Naim DAC... Since Modi has PCM only up to 96 kHz, using 50 kHz filter for both would be OK. Good point. Link to comment
Hiro Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 So something like wedding the Modi or Bifrost to the Loki? Yes. If you think there's any benefit to this separate path approach, why not implement it in a single housing? But like Miska said, the 96kHz Modi and 1X DSD Loki could both use the same filter at 50kHz, so I am not convinced that separating the two would bring any audible benefits. The AK4396 chip is 96kHz PCM and 1X DSD capable. Link to comment
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