Hello,
macOS is not able to send raw DSD streams. That’s why the DSD over PCM standard has been developed: to send raw DSD in a fake PCM stream.
To identify it as such, there are 8 bit markers in it.
And the presence of these markers doubles the need of bandwidth, thus explaining why on a mac only half of the max DSD rate is available.
I’m quoting you from another thread dedicated to Bubble UPNP and IFI Zen Stream.
The OP seems to have exactly the same problem as I do with the menu “Native DSD Method” not appearing.
Apparently no solution has been found, but it kind of contradicts what you were explaining
to me ? And we are in a UPNP situation.
Does it seem strange that I losing my hair here ?