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Author Topic: Native DSD on Mac os x?  (Read 3209 times)

mimizone

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Native DSD on Mac os x?
« on: January 13, 2019, 07:52:29 pm »
anybody tried doing Native DSD on Mac OS X?
I know exasound provides for instance a driver for its DACs allowing it via ASIO.

Would that driver work for other DACs? (this drivers is not available though. You need to purchase an exasound DAC...)

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Re: Native DSD on Mac os x?
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2019, 03:12:42 am »
Nope, it'll only work for those DACs. Otherwise the only option is DoP.

DoP is native DSD, as the end result is the same.
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Re: Native DSD on Mac os x?
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2019, 12:28:05 pm »
Own two DSD-capable DAC's (budget one and pricey one) for my Mac's. iFi Nano iOne and Chord Hugo 2. Frankly can't hear any difference between native DSD vs DOP on either DAC w/ JRiver. Maybe someone at Computer Audiophile could help with your driver questions?
JRiver on their Wiki: https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/DSD
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Re: Native DSD on Mac os x?
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2019, 01:30:15 pm »
Quote from: bg on January 14, 2019, 12:28:05 pm
Frankly can't hear any difference between native DSD vs DOP on either DAC w/ JRiver.

That's because there's no difference, the end result is exactly the same, native/pure DSD playback. :)
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Re: Native DSD on Mac os x?
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2019, 01:07:41 am »
Thanks.
I agree. I am pretty sure the sound quality will be the same.

It seems DoP may require a bit more CPU. That must be very minimum, but for instance my DAC does DSD256 only in native mode. It will not fit in the "biggest/fastest" PCM frames it supports (32/384 I believe).

I've done DSD128 on DoP no problem.
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