Steve Williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
yes. I would say in general that a dsd file is preferred to a redbook file through the Formula-SGM.....which could be greater care in mastering too. then when you get into higher rez PCM and dsd the results somewhat revert to a bit of a hierarchy of higher rez sourced recordings. with HQ Player dsd or PCM sourced files is not a clear winner on either side as it tends to help them all.
and I am working through a period of settings experimentation right now with HQ Player and Roon relative to the Formula dac specifically so stay tuned.
but regardless of everything that goes into HQ Player, HQ player is set to spit out DXD before going to the Formula I just can't rap my head around how at that point the origin of the file is even relevant as my brain says it should sound the same