Native DSD support via USB

[Devon]

I bought a Wiim Ultra for DSD files, unfortunately the files downloaded from the DLNA server are converted by Wiim Ultra to PCM 192/24. Is there any way to add full DSD support via USB output? Are there any hardware limitations of the Wiim Ultra or is it just a software issue?

 

[Mike in NY]

Actually, "we" don't need that.

Few want it. Two upvotes for this feature request don't indicate otherwise.

You don't actually know that, and are assuming many things including that any high % of members here even see that upvote icon is available in the site UI. It doesn't exactly stand out.
You also assume that every single person who buys an Ultra and would like/use DSD passthrough on it is actually a member here and would post about feature requests. Lots of folks who buy a product such as the Ultra never register for any forum at all.

 

[harkpabst]

You don't actually know that, and are assuming many things including that any high % of members here even see that upvote icon is available in the site UI. It doesn't exactly stand out.
You also assume that every single person who buys an Ultra and would like/use DSD passthrough on it is actually a member here and would post about feature requests. Lots of folks who buy a product such as the Ultra never register for any forum at all.

I don't assume anything except the "we" doesn't count in me. And just like you I don't make any assumptions about those just buying the Ultra from Amazon, without ever visiting any forum or Facebook group.

I don't care about those who can't detect neither the upvote button nor the line button. Those who can and use it are definitely "few".

 

[slartibartfast]

Why would someone who uses room correction when listening to their FLAC library be prepared to give up the clear benefits of room correction when listening to DSF files? I always insisted on native DSD before getting a WiiM Amp and concluding that transcoding to PCM wasn't so bad after all.

 

[dtc]

Why would someone who uses room correction when listening to their FLAC library be prepared to give up the clear benefits of room correction when listening to DSF files? I always insisted on native DSD before getting a WiiM Amp and concluding that transcoding to PCM wasn't so bad after all.

As described above, because they like the sound of DSD and, because some music is only available as DSD, including music people rip from their SACDs.

 

[EddNog]

Why would someone who uses room correction when listening to their FLAC library be prepared to give up the clear benefits of room correction when listening to DSF files? I always insisted on native DSD before getting a WiiM Amp and concluding that transcoding to PCM wasn't so bad after all.

As described above, because they like the sound of DSD and, because some music is only available as DSD, including music people rip from their SACDs.

Presumably DSD is for people with fully treated, fully dedicated listening rooms, near-perfect-measuring speakers, and perfect speaker placement.

And then there’s the rest of us norm-core peoples with their average systems in actual living spaces, which actually need some degree of room correction to sound good. For us, everything might as well be (converted to) PCM anyway. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

-Ed