Converting from DSD to PCM - too many conflicting answers out there :(

[CheekyChops]

Hi there

Firstly, I wanted to say how glad I am that I purchased DBP - it has so many useful tools, and I'd be lost without it so thankyou - whilst I struggled a bit at first, the people on this forum, especially "oh silver one" helped me out and I'm pretty aux fait with it now!

I do have a question though, I want to convert alot of DSD files to PCM - but there are so many conflicting tales out there as to how I should do it (adding a high pass filter) and also saying 24/192 but others say 24/96 is better - can anyone be definitive on this please as I want to get it right.

The reason I want to convert them all is that I like the Replaygain function, I love it in fact, and also the metadata tags with my album art (I run everything on a usb stick up the backside of my Wiim Ultra) - and the material I have in the DSD format I can't get in a higher quality than 16bit standard CD which all sounds rather dull in comparison.

I thank you for your time once again regarding any advice you can give.

Cheers

CC

[Spoon]

Off the top of my head, DSD has high frequency noise above 100KHz, so 96KHz as the decoded frequency is free of that, converting to 192 and running a highpass would not give better results.

[CheekyChops]

Off the top of my head, DSD has high frequency noise above 100KHz, so 96KHz as the decoded frequency is free of that, converting to 192 and running a highpass would not give better results.

Hi there

OK, so I'm fine to convert to 24/96 without the need for any filtering? What I might do is try an album and have a good listen and see how it is, but thank you for confirming

Cheers

CC