DSD256 Native Playback over USB results in performance issues, stuttering, and playback failure

[grossmsj (Scott G)]

As @Rugby said, it looks like the EQ is your problem here. Layering the EQ on top of DSD256 is asking for a lot of processing horsepower.

Native DSD processing

Hi, in the new build 216, there is the option to perform DSP natively in DSD. I use DSP for EQ and in my signal chain, I see that DSD is no longer converted to PCM before EQ is applied, but why does it then get passed to the sigma delta modulator which when I click it says it is converting PCM to DSD? I’m just asking out of curiosity. Thank you! Hammer

When I turn on/off EQ with a DSD64 file on my Nuc8i7/ROCK with Native DSD processing enabled, I go from 6.7X to over 100.