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Re: DSD & Pure Class A Single-Ended Amplifiers: A Natural Synergy?

While I agree that subjectively, DSD "preserves the continuous flow of real music, like analogue does," I think the technical justification for this remark you cite is flawed. In particular, the comment that DSD is continuous because it uses pulse density modulation is not true. The pulses are really bits in a stream clocked at 2.8224 MHz. If we look at it as a pulse density modulation, the pulse density can't exceed the clock rate, and so it is still a discrete time, quantized (not analog) signal. The information density is actually only 4 times greater than RBCD.

I actually think that there may be synergy between SET amplifier designs and DSD digital sources for other reasons, something to do with the simplicity and "directness" of both technologies.

--dsdreamer


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