In Reply to: Native DSD playback and Memory posted by Mercman on August 7, 2012 at 07:24:45:
Steve,
I have 8 GB on my mid-2009 Mac Mini, and it plays DSD flawlessly. And I concur 100% with Tony on all his main points. I won't reiterate cuz I said all of this in my Mytek review months ago.
BTW, a minimalist Auraliti (linux MPD) PK90USb setup also plays large DSD files without a hiccup, so huge onboard RAM is not always a necessity, depending on the architecture.
Fred, ripping ones own SACDs increases the personal DSD choices out there, of course, but it seems the commercially available downloads are starting to ramp up nicely. Jared (Channel Classics) is even doing mutlichannel DSD dl's now.
I will be beta testing some new hardware and software changes that Michal and team have come up with. That's all I can say at this point; l I will report back.
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- RE: Native DSD playback and Memory - ted_b 10:43:02 08/08/12 (3)
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- RE: Native DSD playback and Memory - ted_b 11:04:42 08/08/12 (0)