I was looking at the DCS Vivaldi stack - four pieces: DAC, clock, upsampler and transport. The sum price of the two last pieces is higher than the sum of the fist two, so a few questions can arise.
Does a CD or SACD played using the DCS transport sound better than when played through a music server?
As far as I could understand DCS preferred mode is upsampling PCM do DSD. Is it possible to convert the PCM file to a DSD file in a personal computer and play the DSD file in the DCS, avoiding the upsampler?
Although I must say I am not considering spending such amounts in a digital source, opinions of DCS owners would be particularly welcome!
Does a CD or SACD played using the DCS transport sound better than when played through a music server?
As far as I could understand DCS preferred mode is upsampling PCM do DSD. Is it possible to convert the PCM file to a DSD file in a personal computer and play the DSD file in the DCS, avoiding the upsampler?
Although I must say I am not considering spending such amounts in a digital source, opinions of DCS owners would be particularly welcome!