05-07-2020, 04:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-07-2020, 05:13 PM by TheOldPresbyope.
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This is not an exhaustive test, but it's suggestive:
I do not own any DSD material but my Khadas Tone Board claims it can handle up to DSD256.
I just downloaded a free collection from Blue Coast Music which contains a single song by Jenna Mammina encoded in different formats including DSD64, DSD128, DSD256 (also, WAV and FLAC at different resolutions). I threw the files into a SMBv1.0 share on my OpenMediaVault NAS.
My setup:
Khadas Tone Board -> (USB) -> moOde6.5.2/RPi4B -> (5GHz WiFi) -> Verizon FiOS G1100 Router/AP -> (Ethernet over Netgear PL1200 powerline adapters!) -> OpenMediaVault/Odroid HC1.
This lashup has worked flawlessly for me with all my FLAC material and default moOde Music Source settings (SMBv1.0, rsize=61440).
With the default moODe Music Source settings, the DSD64 and DSD128 tracks played ok while the DSD256 track stuttered and occasionally had long dropouts.
Keeping SMBv1.0 but bumping rsize=262144 and remounting the shares, I was able to play the DSD256 track.
I didn't try bumping to SMBv2.0 with different rsize settings but I suppose I should for the same sake of completeness.
Like I said, this isn't a definitive test---just one 4min track. Still, it looks encouraging to me.
Regards,
Kent
PS - why don't I own DSD tracks when my KTB can play them? Two reasons, really. First, I'm cheap. I'll spend money on things I want but don't have, but I already have a large collection of FLAC-encoded tracks ripped from treasured CDs and I already subscribe to streaming services which give me access to tracks I don't have. Second, upstream software volume control doesn't work for DSD-encoded material, the KTB doesn't offer hardware volume control for DSD-encoded material, and I hate having to use a downstream manual volume control. I'm exploring ways to fix the latter but there's no "fix" for being a penny pincher. I am my father's son after all.
I do not own any DSD material but my Khadas Tone Board claims it can handle up to DSD256.
I just downloaded a free collection from Blue Coast Music which contains a single song by Jenna Mammina encoded in different formats including DSD64, DSD128, DSD256 (also, WAV and FLAC at different resolutions). I threw the files into a SMBv1.0 share on my OpenMediaVault NAS.
My setup:
Khadas Tone Board -> (USB) -> moOde6.5.2/RPi4B -> (5GHz WiFi) -> Verizon FiOS G1100 Router/AP -> (Ethernet over Netgear PL1200 powerline adapters!) -> OpenMediaVault/Odroid HC1.
This lashup has worked flawlessly for me with all my FLAC material and default moOde Music Source settings (SMBv1.0, rsize=61440).
With the default moODe Music Source settings, the DSD64 and DSD128 tracks played ok while the DSD256 track stuttered and occasionally had long dropouts.
Keeping SMBv1.0 but bumping rsize=262144 and remounting the shares, I was able to play the DSD256 track.
I didn't try bumping to SMBv2.0 with different rsize settings but I suppose I should for the same sake of completeness.
Like I said, this isn't a definitive test---just one 4min track. Still, it looks encouraging to me.
Regards,
Kent
PS - why don't I own DSD tracks when my KTB can play them? Two reasons, really. First, I'm cheap. I'll spend money on things I want but don't have, but I already have a large collection of FLAC-encoded tracks ripped from treasured CDs and I already subscribe to streaming services which give me access to tracks I don't have. Second, upstream software volume control doesn't work for DSD-encoded material, the KTB doesn't offer hardware volume control for DSD-encoded material, and I hate having to use a downstream manual volume control. I'm exploring ways to fix the latter but there's no "fix" for being a penny pincher. I am my father's son after all.
