In Reply to: Well One Month In and DSD is a Total Bust for Me posted by Dynamite Ham on October 14, 2016 at 10:22:04:
and one dac using one system with different preamps is not enough in forming an opinion.
SACD and DSD playback are perhaps more dac dependent than you think. The bandwidth of the output filter, which, in your case is limited by valves, is also very important.
I playback with a high frequency tolerant system at 70kHz filter bandwidth and this sounds a lot better than at 50kHz.
The set up of the computer software is also very important.
I actually get as satisfying an experience with a high quality universal player with custom dsd to pcm conversion as using my computer dsd playback system. There is also much less to configure for a reliable setup.
Give it 6 months with different dacs and software. Try not using DoP or ASIO and stream DSD at384k using KS. You may be surprised.
One final comment about far eastern usb devices; they don't all have the latest or best usb driver.
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