Upsampling in Roon 1.3

[Confused]

Hey Confused. I replied over at Roon for the part I (think I) know.

The Devialet is DSD64 limited. Whether you can get higher into the Mutec and have it down sample I've no idea.

The mR sees the Mutec, not the Devialet.  The Mutec sends the Devialet PCM at 176.4kHz, so the Devialet's DSD64 limit should be irrelevant.  The Mutec will accept DSD256 or DoP128.  So I remain puzzled!

So you're converting (or trying to) to DSD 256/128 in Roon for the Mutec, and then it's downsampling back to PCM 176.4 to the Devialet? That's a hell of a conversion process.... are you just testing the theoretical limits?

I guess the mR reports back to Roon what the Mutec can handle.

Well, if you upsample to DSD64 and send direct to the Devialet, it then converts to PCM.  But yes, I am just seeing what is possible.  I have listened to a dSC Vivaldi upsampler converting 16/44.1 to DSD64, only for the Devialet to convert back to PCM.  In theory this seams like a lot of processing only to end up back at PCM, but for some reason it works brilliantly.  I have been planning to try HQPlayer at some point, so Roon's new upsampling features give me the chance to try these things, just to see what works.  It's all a but fruitless though, I'm beginning to think Roon sounds best with the DSP turned off!