Positive Feedback's New DSD Sampler

[MylesBAstor]

2. Sometimes we all need Positive Feedback.. the DSD Sampler

(50% OFF!)


Dr. David W. Robinson, Positive Feedback's Editor-In-Chief, is a true DSD enthusiast. Years ago he praised the fact that Jared Sacks started offering his Channel Classics recordings as DSD downloads online and he has actively supported NativeDSD's missions & visions since our launch early 2014.. In light of our veeeery near 1,000'th DSD album mark, we invited David to be involved with the celebrations... This is what David did:

1. Picked his 10 favorite DSD tracks from the catalogue, after listening to hundreds of albums, and wrote about it in this article on his site.
2. Created the Positive Feedback DSD Sampler.
3. Offer it to you for the price of a (large and milky) cup of coffee

This is what the sampler contains:

• Well over 73 minutes of music in DSD
• Notes from David in the booklet on why he chose these tracks.
• Various genres, artists and labels
• Available DSD 256fs, DSD 128fs and DSD 64fs for one simple price.
• Temporarily just around 5,00 US dollars!

50% code: PFsampler01

Positive Feedback DSD Sampler Volume 1 Lavinia Meijer, David Fung, Elinor Frey, Brian Preston, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Bill Evans, Olga Martynova (harpsichord), Hyperion Knight, Color Field Quartet, Anima, Oscar's Motet Choir Qualities: DSD 64fs, DSD 128fs, DSD 256fs Channels: Stereo

The article

Link to the piece David wrote about this sampler.


Read the article about the sampler on the Positive Feedback website.

How can you lose on this deal?

[bmoura]

Over an hour of DSD music for under $5 - it's a deal !

[MylesBAstor]

A steal! 😀

[Andy]

A terrific sampler - and for the money, a no-brainer. I downloaded a couple days ago and have listened to the selections several times since.
I was happy to see I already had one of the selections in my own collection - and - was happy to identify a couple of other items I'm now getting from Native DSD.

[Audiocrack]

The 'problem' with these samplers is sometimes that quite a few of tracks on them are already in your possession because you already bought the 'regular' albums. That said I think it is a great idea to launch this sampler for such an interesting price (I believe it costs with PF reduction EUR 5).

When I talked lately with Jared he informed me that it is still a relative small group of music enthusiasts that buy regurlarly from the native dsd website. Hopefully this sampler will be helpful in expanding this group.

[Galileo]

I don't know. I've just never liked the sound of DSD compared to PCM or pure analog. I've heard single DSD, double DSD, and quad DSD, and I keep getting told that there must be something wrong with my system. However, vinyl, tape, red book CD, and high-resolution PCM files all sound lovely. To me, DSD sounds glossy or excessively processed. That's just one person's opinion, but I stand by it.

[bmoura]

A terrific sampler - and for the money, a no-brainer. I downloaded a couple days ago and have listened to the selections several times since.
I was happy to see I already had one of the selections in my own collection - and - was happy to identify a couple of other items I'm now getting from Native DSD.

That's what a good sampler will do. Introduce you to music that you would like to own the whole album.
Not surprised to hear that the DSD selections by David Robinson led to that.

[Bruce B]

At least I can vouch for one of the tracks!!! LOL

It's a no-brainer for anyone that wants to hear what DSD can really sound like!!!

[MylesBAstor]

Ha! Hyperion!

[JCOConnell]

I don't know. I've just never liked the sound of DSD compared to PCM or pure analog. I've heard single DSD, double DSD, and quad DSD, and I keep getting told that there must be something wrong with my system. However, vinyl, tape, red book CD, and high-resolution PCM files all sound lovely. To me, DSD sounds glossy or excessively processed. That's just one person's opinion, but I stand by it.

I don't know about that. SACD is 1X DSD and it sounds better than RBCD to me.

[MylesBAstor]

I think he is referring to high Rez PCM. But he might mean both PCM formats too.

[JCOConnell]

he specifically mentioned redbook CD as sounding better than DSD

[siddh]

Thanks much...I am downloading as I type..

[MylesBAstor]

Let us know what you think!!!

[Galileo]

I don't know about that. SACD is 1X DSD and it sounds better than RBCD to me.

I have an Ayre DX-5 DSD that I use, among other things, as an SACD player. Then I have an Audio Note CD 3.1x/II CD player that I use as a transport with a Stealth Varidig Sextet digital cable and Audio Note DAC 4.1x Balanced Signature red book DAC and the latter combination sounds better to me. Admittedly, there's a big difference in the cost of those two "disc playing systems", but I find, alternatively, that 24 bit PCM at any sampling frequency sounds much better than 16 bit PCM or any form of DSD that I have heard in my own system. I have heard other systems where the DSD sounded better than the PCM recordings but I would personally describe those systems as being very bright in nature. Of course, this is all just my opinion.

[JCOConnell]

I have an Ayre DX-5 DSD that I use, among other things, as an SACD player. Then I have an Audio Note CD 3.1x/II CD player that I use as a transport with a Stealth Varidig Sextet digital cable and Audio Note DAC 4.1x Balanced Signature red book DAC and the latter combination sounds better to me. Admittedly, there's a big difference in the cost of those two "disc playing systems", but I find, alternatively, that 24 bit PCM at any sampling frequency sounds much better than 16 bit PCM or any form of DSD that I have heard in my own system. I have heard other systems where the DSD sounded better than the PCM recordings but I would personally describe those systems as being very bright in nature. Of course, this is all just my opinion.

but RBCD is 16 bit pcm, not 24bit

[Galileo]

but RBCD is 16 bit pcm, not 24bit

Yes, that's why I often get 24 bit PCM downloads that I play on an altogether different DAC.

[JCOConnell]

Yes, that's why I often get 24 bit PCM downloads that I play on an altogether different DAC.

which do you prefer RBCD or SACD?

[Galileo]

which do you prefer RBCD or SACD?

Given the equipment I have, RBCD. It's possible that I would feel differently if I had a vintage EMM Labs or Wadia SACD player or something current by Playback Designs. I've heard dCS gear. In fact, I owned a Debussy for a little while, before DSD downloads became available, and I really don't like the sound of their gear, but that's just my opinion.