DSD (Direct Stream Digital) takes a different approach. Back in the mid-1990s, it was originally conceived as a way of archiving old analogue recordings. It was designed to be a simpler, more ...

The DX-3 isn’t just a headphone amp or a DAC; it’s a versatile, all-in-one audio hub that easily doubles as a preamp for ...

The new NuWave DSD DAC combines a 192kHz/24-bit PCM DAC with a 2.8MHz single-rate/5.6MHz double-rate Direct Stream Digital (DSD) DAC . The half-width component, which measures 14 by 8.3 by 2.4 inches, ...

Boulder, Colo. — PS Audio developed what it called a first-of-its-kind phono preamp/digital converter. The $1,895-suggested NuWave Phono Converter can be used as a traditional analog phono ...

With support for 32-bit PCM, DSD, Roon, LDAC, aptX HD, and a brand new docking cradle, the Astell&Kern PD10 DAP might replace your streamer. Astell&Kern has been the benchmark in the DAP (Digital ...

The audio sent from the device is impeccably high-resolution with a maximum bitrate of 32-bit/768kHz and support for the PCM, DSD, and MQA formats. It even supports DoP, which stands for “DSD ...

It supports PC-USB (32-bit/384kHz PCM, DSD 4x), Coaxial/Optical (24-bit/192kHz), aptX HD and AAC Wireless Bluetooth, legacy RCA analogue and HDMI ARC connectivity, and it also has a subwoofer output.

The key is having a player that can decode these native HD audio formats to uncompressed PCM. DSD and DVD-audio cannot be natively sent over HDMI 1.0. What HDMI 1.0 fails to do, is account for ...