@Whitigir For the Pulsar is it better to have its own PS?

From Amanero site, but you need to use oemtool with the procedure outlined a few posts before. I believe 2004BE is for Linux.

2004BE firmware was released by Amanero at the beginning of June.

T&A DAC 8 DSD

@Whitigir What exactly did you replace the present Amanero with?

Sorry I don't think CPLD version was changed. I should call Amanero and get an update on his firmware staus...

Yesterday I spoke to Domenico from Amanero. A new Windows driver compatible with 2003be is ready, but he is still going through some Microsoft bureaucracy before he can release it. BTW, he will probably release a new firmware as well to further refine 2003be. Personally, I'm pretty happy with...

I can do DSD5112, but my 004 has 2003be firmware on Amanero USB because I use it with Linux. For upconverting to DSD512 you need a pretty fast i7 based PC. I use HQPlayer for playback. I suggest filter at 70K and DPLL at 12 (you may try lower).

What do you mean by "pass"? At reply to my question - "Did you notice a SQ improvement going DSD128 -> 256 -> 512"?

I doubt it. At higher frequency higher bandwidth is needed. BW1-5 is low bandwidth.

I have a problem at BW5 or lower only if I play DSD. LKS suggests BW12.

I cannot verify it because I haven't played DSD512 yet and I do not have the DAC at the moment. It sounds like a firmware issue. As you use HQPlayer like me (I 'm actually an official reseller for it), did you notice a SQ improvement going DSD128 -> 256 -> 512?

In my view aggressive is 7 or below; conservative is 12.

Yes. However, I use HQPlayer which is much better than JRiver at coverting PCM->DSD. The benefit, in general, depends on the DAC itself as well - on how it handles DSD and on its analog filter.

If you upsample to DSD in software (like to DSD128 or higher), I suggest choosing setting IIR70k. DSD64 usually needs filter at 50 kHz; DSD128, 100 kHz and so on... DPLL can be at 07, but you need to verify it because it rather demanding. Eventually, you can set DPLL more conservatively.