Tks.. yes actually that is the link I was using. The oddest thing....I'm getting it to work currently. well.. sort of,,, As it changes tracks, I get a bit of distortionIcrackle/light popping) which lasts for just a second. It also does that when I click ahead on a track. When it changes tracks I get a popup each time "No installed FIR, continue with the default" Anyone enlighten me to what a FIR is ? spoke too soon. This popped up and ceased playback again. "Unrecoverable playback error: Unsupported stream format: 176400 Hz / 24-bit / 6 channels" frustrating...
Under preferences > tools > SACD, did you:
1. set the output mode to DSD, or is it still in PCM?
2. select 'stereo' as the preferable area?
If you have it set to PCM mode, the SACD plugin will convert DSD to PCM, for example with a 176.4kHz sample rate, and some SACDs have a multichannel area, which you probably don't want to play. Hence maybe the 6-channel error. If you have set it to DSD mode, there should be no mention of a PCM sample rate such as 176.4kHz, nor of a filter (FIR). These options are all greyed out once you select DSD mode.
If you have a DSD-capable DAC, you should set the plugin tot DSD mode, or else it will convert DSD to PCM.
The DSD signal will be sent to the DAC coded as a PCM stream, which is called DoP (DSD over PCM), and which is not a conversion to PCM, but simply a means of transportation. Your DAC will detect that the PCM stream actually doesn't contain a PCM signal, but a DSD signal instead, and will automatically decode that.
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