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Sometimes, things happen so fast it's almost unsettling. DSD is the high-resolution recording format used on SACDs and I closed my <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/content/music-round-60">May column</a> with the expressed hope that the exaSound e18 multichannel DAC would eventually be able to decode DSD data, that Oppo would implement DSD streaming in its universal players, and that I'd be able to get my hands on a working trio of Mytek DSD DACs. I didn't expect that, even before that issue went to press, I'd have to add a footnote (p.61) indicating that stereo DSD streaming was a reality for the exaSound e18, and that Oppo had made available "test" firmware to empower their universal Blu-ray players for stereo and multichannel DSD. On March 26, Oppo publicly announced that this DSD capability was part of the comprehensive "Public Beta Test Release" <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/content/news-flash-oppo-now-plays-dsd-files">made available that day</a>. Then, with the May issue not yet hitting the streets, I got a proper multi-Mytek setup. I had a lot of catching up to do.
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<b>Oppo universal players now play DSD files</b><br />Oppo's announcement has evoked strong commentary on the Internet. Many have exulted, though a few mutter that there are as yet too few
[Source: http://www.stereophile.com/content/music-round-61]
Sometimes, things happen so fast it's almost unsettling. DSD is the high-resolution recording format used on SACDs and I closed my <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/content/music-round-60">May column</a> with the expressed hope that the exaSound e18 multichannel DAC would eventually be able to decode DSD data, that Oppo would implement DSD streaming in its universal players, and that I'd be able to get my hands on a working trio of Mytek DSD DACs. I didn't expect that, even before that issue went to press, I'd have to add a footnote (p.61) indicating that stereo DSD streaming was a reality for the exaSound e18, and that Oppo had made available "test" firmware to empower their universal Blu-ray players for stereo and multichannel DSD. On March 26, Oppo publicly announced that this DSD capability was part of the comprehensive "Public Beta Test Release" <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/content/news-flash-oppo-now-plays-dsd-files">made available that day</a>. Then, with the May issue not yet hitting the streets, I got a proper multi-Mytek setup. I had a lot of catching up to do.
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<b>Oppo universal players now play DSD files</b><br />Oppo's announcement has evoked strong commentary on the Internet. Many have exulted, though a few mutter that there are as yet too few
[Source: http://www.stereophile.com/content/music-round-61]