The A26 is not capable of higher than 512. This is why the display shows 24.5M with 48k rate x 512 and if playing 44.1x512 would show 22.5M.Which is the reason I have never contemplated trying any DSD setting higher than 256 in HQPlayer. Until now. Which presents DSD at a level that can't quite match the transparency and snap of LAN PCM768. But now that I did go ahead and try it, each higher level of DSD rate sounds better and better all the way to 2048. even though the A26 display shows that it can't even show a value of input that is higher than DSD1024. The highest PCM value that is shown is 768 even though it will play higher rates.
I would now say that LAN DSD 2048 is the best that the A26 can sound. And I haven't even tested any of the higher performance high rate modulators yet. Still using ASDM7EC-super.
44.1x1024 = 45.1584M and a 48x1024 would show 49.152M.
The most the A26 can render are 512 rates.
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