• joshLaserbeam@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    This feature ensures the NW-ZX707 can transform standard MP3 or PCM audio to the ultra-high frequency 11.2 Mhz DSD audio stream.

    I think the article is just incorrect. Sony probably means it can just decide .dsf files. And you are confusing 1 bit DSD with 16 bit PCM. The most common DSD format is DSD64 2.8Mhz which is equivalent to 16 bit /176khz, 24 bit/117khz, or 32 bit/ 88.2khz. And the microphones and instruments do work at these high frequencies.

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      1 year ago

      No, the product page mentions the “DSD Remastering Engine”, which says the same thing as the article. They probably just mean they’re using a 1-bit DAC, and are trying to pass that off as a selling point. Although the article did lose the “1-bit” part.

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        1 year ago

        Then I stand corrected, although the article does conflate DSD decoding with The “remastering engine”. Just cause it can decode it doesn’t mean it can resample PCM into DSD. Those are 2 seperate features.