Best native DSD DACs for use with HQPlayer?

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@Sam_Lee1

I’m using Holo Cyan2 with Genelec 8351b.
So far, it’s working pretty well。

You are also listening to the cheap Genelec A to D and D to A chips, and their average digital filters, last in your playback chain

Basically you undo the excellent HQPlayer + Cyan2 clean analogue output

Better feeding it digital input with HQPlayer upsampling to PCM192k

We have a separate thread for it:

Analogue active speakers + native DSD DACs for use with HQPlayer

It can be yes. For sure there are many active DSP speakers, if you like such and the DACs and amps inside those, you can of course use such. Alternatively you can for example run DSP crossover in HQPlayer as well. I personally prefer that way and run room/speaker/headphone corrections in HQPlayer instead of using DSP speakers. I don’t like sound of the DSP algorithms, DACs and amplifiers in those speakers. Primary point of HQPlayer is to be DSP side of the DAC. Plus optionally cross-over,…