27-Mar-2019, 20:51
(27-Mar-2019, 14:05)m.dom Wrote: Hello, A big thank you for your reply. With roon, it is possible to upsample dsd? thank you dom
Yes, you can upsample DSD with Roon but it won'd do you any good. The maximum the DSD rate the Devialet's DAC can handle is DSD 64, the lowest DSD resolution, and the maximum PCM sampling rate the DAC can handle is 192 kHz. If you upsample to higher resolutions then the resulting signal is going to have to be downsampled again in order for the DAC to be able to process it. In my experience you don't gain anything by introducing processing which has to be reversed again later in the signal path and depending on the quality of the original processing and the quality of the processing in the later reversal you may actually make things worse.
Stick with DSD64. That's what the Devialet can handle and it will give the computer or server or whatever you're running Roon on an easier job. Upsampling DSD64 to DSD 128 or higher only to have to downsample it back to DSD64 for the Devialet's DAC is wasted processing in my view.
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