22-Feb-2016, 10:35
(21-Feb-2016, 18:29)f1eng Wrote: ADH uses PCM, so DSD has to be converted or the bass correction, phase correction, active crossover network, volume control and the 4 AHD amplifiers would not work... Devialet calculations are done with a precision beyond DSD so no audible degradation will take place IMHO.
Don't worry though, 99% of your DSD files will have been converted to and from PCM files used for mixing and mastering, so they are just going back home, as it were.
Yes indeed f1eng and ogs, you are both absolutely right. All of the processing algorithms of course are only written and employed in the PCM realm. So DSD at best, would be "supported" only as far as a file format, and would need to be converted to PCM within the Phantom itself no matter what. That being said, it is quite easy to convert DSD to PCM on a PC anyway if people are impatient to wait for DSD support from Devialet.
