Chord DAVE not playing Native DSD above DSD128

[seeteeyou]

Native DSD support is fine with ASIO under Windows. However, Auralic streamers are Linux-based devices and therefore they have to modify the file quirks.c from the Linux kernel accordingly.

 

Obviously nothing about Chord could be found here since nobody could figure out how to get Native DSD to work for any DACs from Chord

 

https://github.com/auralic/Lightning-Linux/blob/linux-4.1.15/sound/usb/quirks.c

https://github.com/auralic/Lightning-Linux/blob/linux-4.1.18/sound/usb/quirks.c

 

I already linked to all the troubles below and the only way to go turned out to be DSD256 DoP under Linux

 

https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/38154-chord-qutest/page/14/?tab=comments#comment-871414

https://chordelectronics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dave-User-manual.pdf#page=24

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***Native DSD playback is only available using ASIO driver on Windows.

 

[seeteeyou]

Let's put it this way, just take a look at this PDF file again as I already posted above

 

https://chordelectronics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dave-User-manual.pdf#page=24

 

I do hope that you understand the difference between Windows and Linux, otherwise there's no way for me to explain stuff like that.

 

Here's the deal, they're definitely installing Linux on their ARIES G2.1 as well as other products

 

https://us.auralic.com/blogs/news/aries-g2-g-force-hifi-world-review

 

Unfortunately, Chord never bothered to get Native DSD working under Linux for a fairly long time and most likely they just gave up. Now your choices are

1. Windows with DSD512 Native DSD (i.e. selling your ARIES G2.1)
2. Linux with DSD256 DoP (i.e. keeping your ARIES G2.1)
3. Selling Chord DAVE and then get something else

Chord ain't interested in getting DSD512 and Linux to work together, period.