The dsc2 sound is too addictive, for the past month or so, I purposely put the dsc2 in the bedroom system because if I have it in the main system then I likely won’t listen to the Cyan 2 or the ifi pro. Not that they are not great dacs which makes me feel even worse about not using them in my...

Actually I thought the ifi pro only takes dsd512 being a limitation of the dac chip? I never thought about trying to feed dsd 1024 to the Pro but perhaps I could give it a spin… Dsd512 sounded fantastic to me in my listening session last night!!

True. But these days I mainly just stick with the default filters they are excellent all rounders. except once in a while I would use the HB family of filters for jazz and classical music and those don’t have much restrictions really

That is correct. You should select 48k on in hqplayer and check on adaptive rate so 44.1k source content gets upsampled to 44.1k based dsd rates and 48k source content gets upsampled to 48k based dsd rates. The dsc2 dac also supports 48k dsd rate. Not the ifi pro dac, which only support 44.1

I never really paid attention to be honest, I think that led light is just an indicator for 44.1 and 48k based dsd output at 1024?

Been comparing between these three I would call true hqplayer dacs in my main system these days. No winner, or I should say they all are!!! Cheers

I am currently using my dsc2 dac with my class A EL84 tube amp in my bedroom and I agree what a magical combo the dsc2 with tubes are in my speaker system!! It’s a like a vinyl setup without clicks and pops and just keeps playing through the night!!!

Echoing your comments re: tubes and the Cyan 2. I don’t know about other nos r2r dacs but the Cyan 2 is very transparent and detailed and matches very well with my Schiit Freya + preamp or in my bedroom setup with a Synthesis Soprano class A tube amp with quad set of EL84 nos tubes!!!!

Just when I was pretty happy the rpi 5 can now run dsd256x48 using the 7ECUL. The dac correction now is making it impossible for the rpi5… guess will have to wait till rpi6 😂

I wonder if it’s worthwhile to upgrade ram speed, I am currently using some ddr4 64g ram. I mean I never really have any interest in going after dsd1024 but would be nice to know if ram speed does matter

Ya it’s probably an Intel vs amd thing. My friend with a 13500 no gpu, can still run dsd512x48 on his spring 3 kte but default filters only, he also runs audiolense convolution too. He sold his 4080 because he had gone through all the different filters and always ended up liking the default...

My 13600k with 3080ti can run any modulators and filters (except sinc L) at dsd512x48 with correction Dsd1024 can only be run on the two experimental modulators and any of the non-ec modulators - like AMSDM7. Actually pcm1536 with dac correction does sound quite nice and can be run with a rpi5

Even after the memory bug fix in the latest hqp version, the dac correction feature is still pretty demanding for processing power. It did fix the memory usage tho. Again, it runs totally fine with my 13600k desktop pc so it’s not like you need a super computer to run it. But I don’t own and...

again I don’t think there is any dac out there that would not benefit from hqplayer but for a dac like the cyan2, hqplayer is a necessity. If YouTube reviewers think the cyan 2 is close to a spring or may but not quite, they have not heard the cyan 2 with hqplayer in dsd with dac correction..

Not much surprises really. It sounds great!!! Congrats

I admit I have not been giving the love the cyan 2 deserves lately while I am honeymooning with the dsc2, the sound of which is simply too addictive…, everytime i swapped in the cyan 2 for a brief session, it puts a smile on my face. Everything just sounds right and makes me feel guilty of not...

Can’t see why you would not be happy with the Cyan 2 really.

There really isn’t much to chase after dsd1024 anyway, unless you are looking for added noise

Exactly, I took my DSC2 (not to be mistaken with DCS 2) to my friend's place to compare with his Aqua La Scala MKii. He was absolutely blown away and asked me how much did it cost and guessed at least $3500 being a DIY dac

I am not sure why ppl associate sound quality with price. I have heard some very expensive dacs and the cyan 2 sounded better hands down… I have no doubt dacs do sound different and it’s pretty easy for ppl to associate that dac A is expensive and sound different = better. I have not heard the...

I could be wrong. But the correction to me is most apparent in DSD512, it was used to be not as clean, less forward compared to DSD256. With the correction, noise floor is much closer to DSD256. I am not sure how it is possible but with the correction, bass seems to hit a bit harder as well. I...

I was a bit over cautious initially (being one of the pioneers ordering the cyan 2 with Jo) If I have to do it again or purchasing a Serene with Jo, I would not hesitate to use another cheaper payment method

I actually paid with PayPal to Jo, if you don’t mind additional service charges

Agreed on both but recently preparing the poly-sinc xtr short mp or the xtr short lp a bit more

Enabling dac correction will work now even not setting the pipeline to 8 under the advance settings