Actually, "we" don't need that.
Few want it. Two upvotes for this feature request don't indicate otherwise.
I don't assume anything except that "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.
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.
The DAC is inside the speaker(s) in this example. The poweramp section still needs an analog signal. There are almost no "real" digital amplifiers like Lyngdorf does it and non inside active speakers that I know of.
Some people like the sound of their DSD music played directly in DSD and not converted to PCM. Some people like equalized and room corrected music and some do not. There are too many variables to definitively say why. They real topic is simply whether Wiim will support a passthrough capability for those you like native DSD.
I'm not aware of how Lyngdorf does it, but is it like Linn's Exakt technology where I understand they deliver the signal from their streamers over direct ethernet-like connections to Exakt cards in their speakers where all the DAC/amplification takes place?
In short Lyngdorf modulates the power section with a direct digital signal and so a DAC is not needed. Very clever engineering but the question is if this technical achievement is actually needed or is it a case of "Why not do it if we can". If I remember correctly they had an early model working amplifier using this technique in the early 2000's. Linn was (and still is) very active (pun intended) early on with proprietary digital connections to some of their speaker models but as far as I know the amplifiers inside are class A/B or class D designs so there need to be a DAC somewhere in the chain.
