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terrys999

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low pass filters
« on: May 04, 2017, 08:29:45 am »

Hi all
If I play flac , which has been converted from dsd, Do I need to use low pass filter?? My irdac 2 plays dsd native,  so I assume it has its own hardware filters.
 But would pcm from dsd be filtered through the dacs hardware,  or would I still need to use low pass filter
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blgentry

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Re: low pass filters
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2017, 08:55:01 am »

The low pass filter is included in the DSD to PCM playback/conversion method.  You can see the setting of this low pass filter at:

Tools > Options > Audio > Advanced > configure input plugin > DSD plugin

Brian.
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terrys999

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Re: low pass filters
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2017, 09:50:07 am »

THANK!!!

Just spoke to arcam,  they said filters already on the dac, no low pass filters needed 
thanx again.
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Re: low pass filters
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2017, 05:17:09 pm »

For future reference, the available low pass filters in MC for DSD to PCM conversion are not optimal, shall we say. The default one is at 24 KHz with a slope of 48 dB/octave. This is well below the Sony/Philips standard of 50 Khz. It was set at this relatively low frequency to accommodate a particular DAC in the early days that could not handle higher frequencies. The optional filters at 30 KHz and 50 KHz only have slopes of 24 dB/octve which is not step enough to filter out the high frequency noise. This is a long standing concern with DSD to PCM conversion, but there does not seem to be any interest in changing the filters going forward.

Personally, I set the filter option to Off and  use a 60 KHz filter with a slope of 48 dB/octave set in DSP Studio. If you are doing file conversion, I would suggest doing the filtering when you do file conversion, in case you change DACs and the new DAC does not handle the high frequencies as well as the Arcam. 
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terrys999

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Re: low pass filters
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2017, 10:41:52 am »

I see .
It would save me reprocessing all files again.

Thank you .


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RFranco

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Re: low pass filters
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2020, 12:11:59 am »

Yes it was a filter that was producing very low volume. I have turn off and now sound very good.
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