DSF Files

[grasshopper]

Good Evening All

Having been keeping an eye on your forum for Moode to see how well supported Moode is I decided a couple of months ago to migrate from Rune.


Being honest I was happy with Rune but it in my opinion it became very sluggish and unresponsive and the support was not that good when problems arose so I've decided to try tried Moode instead   I am currently using version 5.3.1 2019-06-12 (would an upgrade be beneficial?). 


Nice sounding system slightly cleaner sound than Rune but I do have one question....

I currently have a few .dsf files from artists like Genesis & Depeche Mode and I was wondering whether I was getting true DSD on playback.  I ask this because I believe I was using Rune (although I could be wrong). Having looked at the settings for DSD playback it says DSD over PCM set to no.  I know that some systems convert DSD to PCM on the fly.

If Moode is converting on the fly would it be worth converting the .dsf files to 24/88.2 or 24/96 flac instead or would that make no difference.

My current system is :

Raspberry Pi 3 B+
IQ Audio Pi-DAC Pro
Pi3 USB 2.5amp Official Power Supply

Plugged into:

Pioneer Amp with Cambridge Audio Pacific Interconnects
Tannoy 609 SE with Monster XP speaker Cable.

Thank you in advance.

Kind Regards

CityCentreFox

Hi,

See below, audio output playing dsf files on the same pi / dac combo.

Audio Information

INPUT / OUTPUT
Source: 
NAS/Hi-Res/The Rolling Stones/[2009] Let it Bleed [DSD SACD]/01 - The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter.dsf
Encoded at: 
DSD64, 1 bit, 5.644 Mbps Stereo
Decoded to: 
PCM, 24 bit, 352.8 kHz, Stereo, 16.934 Mbps
Destination: 
Local
Output rate: 
24 bit, 352.8 kHz, Stereo, 16.934 Mbps
DSP OPERATIONS
Volume ctl: 
Hardware (on-chip volume controller)
Resampling: 
off
Polarity inv: 
off
Crossfade: 
off
Crossfeed: 
off
Parametric EQ: 
off
Graphic EQ: 
off
Replaygain: 
off
Normalize vol: 
off
Chip options: 
FIR interpolation with de-emphasis, Gain=0dB, Boost=.8dB
AUDIO DEVICE
Device: 
IQaudIO Pi-DAC PRO
Chip: 
Burr Brown PCM5242
Interface: 
I2S
Formats: 
S16_LE, S24_LE, S32_LE
Platform: 
Pi-3B+ 1GB v1.3

I have a coople of the exact same pi / dac combos as you.