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Any audiophile grade setup for the best audio experience?

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MGD_King:
I have almost the identical set-up (Denon AVR-X1300W) and craigmcg is correct, set your audio device to your receiver [WASAPI], no bitstreaming, and use SoX for resampling (although I don't hear a noticeable difference when it's not checked). Then, in the DSP Studio, I have my output set as follows because my receiver can't handle anything above 192kHz. I like to have Volume Leveling and Adaptive Volume enabled as well. Just make sure that all of your media files have been analyzed. These settings sound best to my ears. Your results may vary.

MusicBringer:
Hello @MGD_King,
a very helpful post.
🎵 Thank You,

dtc:
I am not sure if you want to play DSD files, but note than when using HDMI you cannot play DSD files from a PC. That is a limitation of HDMI implementations on PCs. From the manual it looks like you need to use DLNA to play DSD, although the manual is short on details.  I would not recommend using DLNA unless you need to do DSD. The direct HDMI connection should be more stable and more functional. Unfortunately, according to the manual, the usb input does not seem to support PC input, which is common for these receivers. If you want to play DSD, it looks like you need to experiment with DLNA. Alternatively, you can convert DSD to PCM for playback over HDMI.

MGD_King:

--- Quote from: dtc on February 19, 2024, 07:39:43 am ---I am not sure if you want to play DSD files, but note than when using HDMI you cannot play DSD files from a PC. That is a limitation of HDMI implementations on PCs. From the manual it looks like you need to use DLNA to play DSD, although the manual is short on details.  I would not recommend using DLNA unless you need to do DSD. The direct HDMI connection should be more stable and more functional. Unfortunately, according to the manual, the usb input does not seem to support PC input, which is common for these receivers. If you want to play DSD, it looks like you need to experiment with DLNA. Alternatively, you can convert DSD to PCM for playback over HDMI.

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You can play DSD files from MC using the configuration I have above. I convert any bitrate above 192kHz to 192kHz (or whatever your receiver can handle) and it plays either in bitstream mode or the "None" setting so it's converting to PCM.

Awesome Donkey:
You can play them, sure, by converting them to PCM as dtc mentioned above. dtc means playing them back through bitstreaming without a conversion to PCM, this isn't possible over HDMI from any PC, Mac or computer. You either have to use DLNA (if it's supported) or do the DSD to PCM conversion.

For those who care about having a bit-perfect audio output this may be an issue, as a DSD to PCM (or PCM to DSD) conversion is 'lossy'. Granted, the OP didn't mention DSD in their post, so it's not known if playback of DSD is even desired to begin with so this discussion may not apply. And I'm sure someone else is going to mention this but to be clear, yes, if you desire a bit-perfect audio output you shouldn't do any sort of dithering, resampling (via SoX or otherwise) or using any DSP features like volume levelling and peak level normalization as it makes changes to the audio and thus makes it no longer bit-perfect. The benefits of using those DSP features like volume levelling may outweigh any potential downsides of it no longer being bit-perfect, but that's up to the listener to decide.

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