NativeDSD Music

Brian Moura

Tom Caulfield

Jonas Sacks

Everything you need to know to get started, and beyond

High Resolution DSD Listening

Learn the basics of DSD before diving into downloading and playing these files by reading this article.

What is DSD?

This article dives into the possibilities of playing DSD, DXD and Very High Bit Rate PCM files on DACs, DAPs and Optical Disc Players

Playing DSD, DXD and Very High Bit Rate PCM files

Find out which DSD rates your DAC will understand

Which DSD Rates can a DAC accept?

New Listeners

Selection combination - this article explains different DSD, DXD rates, stereo, multichannel, binaural, spatial and which you may choose

Choosing Quality and Channels

Differences between stereo and binaural listening

More about 5.0, 5.1 surround sound and Channel Dedication

Multichannel and Surround DSD Listening

Stereo, Spatial, Binaural and Multichannel

From where do we get our files? Do you change the audio at all?

The 'native' in NativeDSD

A word about authenticity regarding the music available at NativeDSD.com

Is all of the music recorded, edited and mastered in DSD?

DSD 512. But how is it created? And why?

Jared Sacks

Provenance and Products

Taking a look at Provenance and Post-production routes

Why We Sell Albums in Multiple DSD Bit Rates and DXD

This article was written in response to a listener's question

The subtle differences between DSD and PCM

What is DXD? It is 352.8KHz 24/32 bit PCM. Explained in detail as to why we sell this resolution.

DXD Resolution explained

This article is based on a question from a listener

NativeDSD's Take on DSD64

PDM and PCM explained in relation to DSD

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