MSB DAC IV and DSD files

[Elberoth]

Are you able to play 128fs files on your DAC ?

Beeing a DSD virgin, I tried yesterday to play some sample files from 2L - DXD and DSD 64x played fine, but 128x got downsampled to 64x.

Not sure if that is a compluter playback software issue, or hardware issue (I have a DAC IV with 384 USB input and latest driver and firmware updates).

I have ckecked JRMC 19 options menu, and I have set DSD DoP as output format. There was also 2x DSD but that was only for ASIO drivers.

 

[asiufy]

Works fine here on my Macs, using Audirvana. I think it worked fine on PureMusic too.

It's definitely the software, as the hardware is capable.


alexandre

 

[Elberoth]

Thanks. I wonder if anyone managed to make JRMC 19 play DSD 128fs files. I'm a PC guy.

 

[asiufy]

I'm a PC guy.

Shame. Otherwise, you have excellent taste


alexandre

 

[audio.bill]

I have played DSD128 files using JRMC 18 on a PC via USB into a Playback Designs MPD-3 DAC, but the DSD output format had to be set to bitstream (not DoP).

 

[Davkj]

I have been able to play DSD128 from Jriver Media Center 19 to a Marantz NA-11s1 through DoP without issue. This was on a Win7 PC.

 

[Elberoth]

I have played DSD128 files using JRMC 18 on a PC via USB into a Playback Designs MPD-3 DAC, but the DSD output format had to be set to bitstream (not DoP).

Thanks for the hint. The solution was to enable the Bitstreaming: (DSD over PCM (DoP)) option in JRiver.

Now it plays DXD, DSD and 2xDSD without problems.

 

[microstrip]

Thanks for the hint. The solution was to enable the Bitstreaming: (DSD over PCM (DoP)) option in JRiver.

Now it plays DXD, DSD and 2xDSD without problems.

Adam,
When will you have your preliminary opinion about DSD with the DACIV?

 

[Elberoth]

Francesco,

More likely in the coming weeks than days. I'm so busy with other projects I don't have time for any listening tests