There are a couple issues here, SBS is not designed for DSD data, it is only designed to handle PCM data. IF the DSD data can be persuadewd to masquerade as PCM data then SBS might be able to handle it. This is how you play DTS data over a squeezebox.
The next issue is the USB protocol, DSD over USB is a proprietary protocol with an ASIO driver compiled for windows and MAC, no linux support that I am aware of. The manufacturer would have to provide a ALSA driver that implements this protocol. IF (and this is a BIG if) this protocol was designed to mimic standard PCM USB protocol then it might be theoretically possible to make this work. The DSDIFF file would be converted into some standard lossless PCM format such as wav or flac, then SBS would be happy to handle it and send it to what it thinks is a regular USB DAC, BUT the DAC knows that the data is not actually PCM but DSD and uses that data differently. But even if that were the case it would not work with this specific DAC because it uses a custom PCM USB driver which only exists on windows and MAC, not linux, so there is no way the Touch can even send PCM data over USB to this DAC. So using this specific DAC with the Touch using USB is not going to happen, period. This is something that a manufacturer must understand, if they choose to use a custom protocol, they must supply drivers for that protocol on the hardware their users are going to use. You as a buyer of this DAC must also be aware of that limitation. That there will be some hardware the DAC will not work with and that was a deliberate choice by the manufacturer. John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82110 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
