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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 22 for Windows => Topic started by: terrys999 on May 04, 2017, 08:29:45 am
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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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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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THANK!!!
Just spoke to arcam, they said filters already on the dac, no low pass filters needed
thanx again.
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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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I see .
It would save me reprocessing all files again.
Thank you .
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Yes it was a filter that was producing very low volume. I have turn off and now sound very good.