Do I have to get a CD player to sample DSD on my digital rig?


I have Innuos zenith mk 3 (pcm) and T+A DAC 200 (which will play both pcm and dsd).  Some say dsd is better than pcm. I’m running Qobuz and it sounds really good. Just wanted to sample the dsd if possible.

hysteve

@cleeds 

Hmmmm  My Audiolab 6000CDT is not an SACD transport, so why does it play hybrid MoFi SACDs?

Hybrid SACDs have 2 layers. The DSD layer and a regular cd layer. Your Audiolab is reading and playing the cd layer, not the DSD layer.

@m2team00 

I get that, but as I understand reading their material, the CD layer is derived from the DSD, not PCM