Similarly, on the latest Holo Cyan 2, is it better to opt for the ASDM7EC-ul/light/super family or rather ASDM5EC-ul/light/super? At the moment, I have SDM 256 SincM, which I like, and ASDM7EC-ul.
With Holo Audio, 7th order modulators are good choice. For pre-9039 ESS chips and few other devices with limited analog filters, 5th order modulators may be better choice.
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Mostly because the M1 Mac mini I use for Roon and HQPlayer Desktop does not have the horsepower to convert to DSD512 with my preferred filters and modulator.
I am hoping the new M4 Mac mini that is supposed to be coming out soon will have the horsepower and then I will listen to my favorite music both ways and see which I prefer.
I prefer may kte on dsd512, but was wondering why you had choose dsd256. I use the auralic sirius to do the conversion.
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It is all up to algorithm choice. Some algorithms just need more power than others…
Simple algorithms to DSD512 is rather light weight, more complex algorithms not so…
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Trying to read between the lines wrt your comment about “pre-9039 ESS chips and few other devices with limited analog filters.” What has changed with the 9039 chip in this regard?
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I plan on getting a 13th Gen i3 NUC for roon Rock next year. And a M4 Mac Mini with 24gb Ram. I hope that will be enough for DSD256 with more demanding filters.
(The Mac m4 will also replace my m1 MacBook as office pc for Fusion360)
Don’t want to get some crazy highend computer with the newest gamer GPU only to blow our 300 watt for music listening.
They have changed the DSD handling somewhat. Earlier they just met the DSD minimum specs if DAC designer designed the analog stages correctly. Now it is somewhat better and closer to other manufacturers.
Anyone using a Mac mini M2pro? What dsd
Rates and filters are you getting with dac correction?
@jussi_laako: Would it be possible to make DAC corrections available for the AK4493 ADI-2?
Yes, it would be possible if I had one of those. But at the moment I don’t. I only have two ADI-2 Pro’s with AK4490.
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