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Can't argue with tastes. . . I have plenty of SACD's and DSD files myself

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Chris from Lafayette

In Reply to: RE: DSD vs. 24x192 pcm posted by LtMandella on March 01, 2022 at 09:06:52

OTOH, I prefer PCM myself, and it's hard to argue with Amir here:

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Is he correct about the DSD noise going to the amp? - AbeCollins 12:49:11 03/22/22 (0)
The DSD waveform obviously shows the noise pushed out of the audible range (through noise shaping) but then Amir goes on to say this is what gets sent out to the amp and speakers which can't be good. Is that correct?
I thought the out of band DSD "noise" is filtered by the DAC. Is this not true for DSD DACs? I know that Roon and other players allow me to choose a few different DSD filter types. But what about the DAC itself?
I wonder if this "noise" is actually seen at the output of a SACD player or DSD DAC.
On a related note, I found it very interesting that the same "noise" was embedded in the PCM conversions done by PS Audio causing the PCM file sizes to bloat way out of control. This is not normal and must be a flaw in PS Audio's process. I've downloaded various 24/192 PCM albums over the years and they are no where near as large as the ones from PS Audio [probably because they don't contain the noise].
As an aside, I never jumped onto the SACD / DSD bandwagon except for some experimentation. I always felt that SACD and DSD were artificially smooth sounding.

Edits: 03/22/22
Although some here do...- - E-Stat 08:52:54 03/21/22 (0)
and claim theirs represents "The Truth". ;)

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