21-Feb-2016, 11:48
(21-Feb-2016, 10:11)ogs Wrote: That is more or less the same as Expert amps (using PCM1792). DSD will have to be converted to PCM inside the unit before passing through DSP and volume control. So a DA chip with support for DSD is not too helpful as DSD can not be run through signal processing, only PCM can. A firmware update enabled DSD support in Expert amps. Might be possible for Phantom too, but then the conversion to PCM could also take place in Dialog.
There is a hybrid format called DoP (DSD over PCM) which avoids having to truly convert DSD to PCM but uses a PCM container to work around some system limitations in an attempt to get DSD directly to the DAC. I thought this is what the Expert series did? DoP looks like PCM, but when it gets to the DAC it is actually the unaltered DSD stream that gets played. I was hoping this would be the end solution for the Phantom too.
