Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Things that I wish existed : video card that can pass DSD over HDMI output
This is one in the long list of items I wish existed, but don't.
The HDMI 1.3 standard - and later versions - allows transmitting DSD over HDMI connections. Many audio-video receivers on the market can receive DSD streams, including my Yamaha RX-A1000 . Unfortunately, at the time of this writing, it seems there is no computer-based solution that allows transmitting a DSD stream digitally over HDMI to such a receiver. This might be just a software issue, rather hardware, but nevertheless, the end result is the same : this is still an impossible task for a PC in April 2015, even though HDMI 1.3a was specified in November 2006 .
The HDMI 1.3 standard - and later versions - allows transmitting DSD over HDMI connections. Many audio-video receivers on the market can receive DSD streams, including my Yamaha RX-A1000 . Unfortunately, at the time of this writing, it seems there is no computer-based solution that allows transmitting a DSD stream digitally over HDMI to such a receiver. This might be just a software issue, rather hardware, but nevertheless, the end result is the same : this is still an impossible task for a PC in April 2015, even though HDMI 1.3a was specified in November 2006 .
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Sarabande, French Suite N°6 in E major, by J.S. Bach, on harpsichord .
I just made a new recording of this piece on harpsichord. I'm trying to finish this entire suite.