Playback Designs MPD-3

Ghasley, how do you playback DSD from computer file? PC or Mac and which software? I am in the process of getting may be a Korg MR-2000s to digitalized my LP and am debating about 24/276 vs DSD/DSD2 format. My understanding is that, at least for PC, all software pretty much much convert DSD to PCM first so you can't stream native DSD to Playback and there was a question whether PureMusic on Mac does the same thing or convert it to PCM first as well. I am using my computer server with MPS-5/ USB-X currently.

I am not sure if it is accurate to say that PD is the first DAC to resample PCM to DSD2. At least EMM and Esoteric can do the same thing, converting PCM to DSD whether it is the same resampling, upsampling or whatever, I am not sure.

When I had Esoteric D05, I agree that playing at native sampling without over sampling sounds best and conversion to DSD sounded the worse.

However, since there is no way to hear PD playing PCM without resampling to DSD2, all I can say is that it sounds significantly better than other DACs that I own previously regardless of whether oversampling, resampling or whatever else was used or not used.

Bigamp, thanks for information regarding software for DSD playback. Once I start ripping my vinyl collection, I will have to look into those.