Qobuz adds the audiophile formats DSD and DXD

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Qobuz now offers downloads for the audiophile formats DSD and DXD.
The DSD format on offer is DSD64 (2.8 MHz), which corresponds to the version used for SACD.
DXD is a more recent format offering 24-bit PCM at 352.8 kHz, and is a superior reference format to DSD64. It is used for very high-resolution processing of formats up to DSD256.

Here are a few examples of DXD albums we’ve reviewed:

Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, Karin Kei Nagano, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Kent Nagano — Mozart & Poulenc Double & Triple Piano Concertos – Review – (Test: DXD Stereo, DXD 5.0 352.8 kHz, Amazon UltraHD 24/192, Tidal Dolby Atmos)

Miles Davis – Kind of blue – Review – (Over 30 versions tested included vinyl records (MOFI, Analog Production, SACDs, CDs, Streaming, BNF from mono, to stereo and multichannel Dolby Atmos and Sony 360RA)

Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 with Organ : Charles Munch and Boston Symphony 1959 – Review (CD, SACD, SACD 3.0, Vinyl, HDTT and Qobuz Hi-Res)

Patricia Barber – Clique Review (Vinyl, DXD 2.0, DXD 5.1, Qobuz, SACD 2.0, SACD 5.1,CD MQA, Tidal)

Vinyl and Digital Releases : Liszt / Sviatoslav Richter: Concertos For Piano And Orchestra Nos. 1 & 2 (Vinyl pure analog and Diapason, CD diapason, Digital HDTT)

To find albums tested in DSD, you can search for DSD or SACD in the MagicVinylDigital.net search box.

On the Qobuz website, you can find lists of available DSD and DXD albums.

Hopefully, Qobuz will continue in this direction, offering Atmos albums in Dolby Digital TrueHD (lossless format).

Enjoy listening

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