Review
Gapless at DSD512
Gapless sounds like a checkbox feature. At high-rate DSD it quickly becomes a problem involving conversion state, pre-rendering, boundaries and timing.
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Gapless sounds like a checkbox feature. At high-rate DSD it quickly becomes a problem involving conversion state, pre-rendering, boundaries and timing.
DoP is often described as DSD packed into PCM frames. Correct—but that description hides most of the problems a real playback engine has to solve.
The Babyface Pro FS is not designed as an audiophile DAC, yet its engineering priorities make it an interesting reference point for evaluating USB audio on macOS.