ROCK + NUC7i3 + Denon AVR + native DSD

[wklie (Peter Lie)]

I’m afraid not.

DSD 5.1 On the ROCK?

Hello @Morten_Valbjorn, Unfortunately, I do not believe you will be able to play DSD files to the Onkyo NR656 from a PC or Linux computer. Since there are no HDMI drivers on Windows or Linux that support native DSD, you have to use the DoP format for DSD on HDMI. As far as I can tell, the Onkyo will not decode a DoP formatted DSD stream via it’s HDMI inputs. When you play a DSD file to the Onkyo via HDMI connection, Roon will automatically convert the stream to a high resolution multi-channel …

We do have some products that can send native DSD over HDMI (using dedicated Silicon Image HDMI hardware chip), but they support 2 channel only, not multi-channel.