DSD256 doesn’t work [Simaudio Moon]

[andybob (Andrew Cox)]

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Moon HAD230 NEO DAC/headphone amp

Hello, Just when I thought I understand things, I realize I don’t. Proud owner of a HAD230 NEO which I set up on Saturday. I went on a bit of a buying spree and bought DSD64, DSD128 and DSD256 recordings as the owner’s manual says all 3 formats are supported. Results for DSD64 and DSD128 as expected. DSD LED lights up and in the latter case so does 2X. However, when playing a DSD256 file, the HAS230 reports 44.1K x 2 x 4 (352800). I was expecting DSD and 4X. I use Roon as my front end and it te…

I’d suggest contacting Simaudio to see whether they support DSD 256 with non-Windows operating system.