Cambridge Audio CXN V2 DSD

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From the internet Steve hofman forums

Interestingly [or not, I guess], the Cambridge Audio CXN contains a pair of Wolfson WM8740 DACs. The CXN specification states that all incoming digital signals are upscaled to 384K / 24 bit PCM. The data sheet for the Wolfson WM8740 DAC states that it can handle up to 192K / 24 bit PCM. Nothing in the data sheet about it being able to natively convert DSD. So, while the CXN player can play a DSD64 file, it has to convert the file into PCM anyway as the DAC does not handle DSD. Plenty of devices that will play a DSD file are, in fact, converting it to PCM, either because the device’s own DAC doesn’t natively convert DSD, or because [i’m thinking home theatre receivers here] DSP is applied at some point in the signal chain