We mostly agree, mon ami. I think the distortion just shows the need for filtration clean up, just like when dialling in an FM signal ...its hashy when the dial is not centered dead on the correct frequency...same for analog satellite broadcasts...fuzzy until it snaps into focus when fully dialled in. In digital satellite broadcasts, its either there or not, ie total hash or perfect picture. This dialling in for me for me does not represent a conversion process, just stripping away the dross.
In my non-expert opinion (you are the network engineer, not me...LoL), I understand DSD to be way more bit efficient in that ALL the stream carries is the state CHANGES in each pulse (from the initial state value), while with PCM it carries an replica of the previous pulse state value PLUS the incremental change. That means that each pulse carries a lot of "redundant" information and so space is "wasted".
This is why I distinguish between resolution and information....
BTW, how are you? It been a long time since we chatted. You are in the NL, correct?
In my non-expert opinion (you are the network engineer, not me...LoL), I understand DSD to be way more bit efficient in that ALL the stream carries is the state CHANGES in each pulse (from the initial state value), while with PCM it carries an replica of the previous pulse state value PLUS the incremental change. That means that each pulse carries a lot of "redundant" information and so space is "wasted".
This is why I distinguish between resolution and information....
BTW, how are you? It been a long time since we chatted. You are in the NL, correct?