T+A DAC8 DSD first impression

[bmoura]

4 hours ago, sbenyo said:

Since there not so many native DSD512 (didn't see any at all) or even DSD256, I can find some DSD128 or DSD64.

 

 

There aren't any DSD512 Analog to Digital Converters (ADCs) and Workstations on the market. 

Hence, no native DSD512 releases to date.

 

There are Stereo and Multichannel DSD 256 releases.  

For example, you will find over 135 albums released in DSD256 at NativeDSD Music. 

https://www.nativedsd.com/homepage/quad_dsd_music

 

Other music download sites offer them as well.  

Check the NativeDSD Database for a list of music download sites with DSD 256 downloads. 

http://www.nativedsd.com/database

 

[bmoura]

34 minutes ago, Ron Scubadiver said:

I can understand why DSD 128 is better than DSD 64.  It moves the ultrasonic output away from the audible band.  Beyond that, I can't understand why DSD 256 or especially DSD 512, for which there is no native content, would provide an audible improvement.

 

DSD 256 recordings definitely have their fans. 

Here's a quote from Thom Moore at 5/4 Productions on why they use DSD 256 vs. DSD 128 for recording in DSD:

 

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Thom Moore, the President of 5/4 Productions talked about that company's formation after Telarc Records was purchased by Concord Music Group and the Telarc recording staff created their own company. The Telarc recording staff started working with single rate DSD (DSD64) on a Sonoma DSD Workstation from Sony. After forming 5/4 they acquired a Pyramix system from Merging Technologies and made the first quad rate DSD (DSD256) recording in the world. Moore said 5/4 evaluated double rate DSD (DSD 128) but elected to "skip over it" and go right to quad rate DSD recording after comparing the two formats. He told the audience "Quad DSD is just amazing".

 

Today, Thom Moore, Michael Bishop and Rob Friedrich record a variety of artists and orchestras around the world. They record exclusively in DSD and use their expertise and proprietary systems to create other formats from the DSD recordings. Moore said that 5/4 can make a better sounding 24 bit, 96 kHz music file from the DSD master than if the recording was made in 24/96 in the first place.

 

Moore also noted that 5/4 uses both DSD and Analog Recording systems and techniques. Some sessions can be recorded, balanced and mixed Live to DSD. Other sessions are recorded using Analog systems and are "printed to DSD" as the final step in the recording process. Moore views use and knowledge of Analog recording as an essential ingredient in their work.

 

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