Does the Sony STR-DN850 play DSD?

[Sanicorpus]

I ask because I'm reading conflicting information. One site says only the 1050 plays DSD and the 850 is capped at 192/24. Others say the 850 does indeed play DSD.

Anyone have a concrete answer on this one? I'm hoping my new 850 and Dali Zensor setup can explore the DSD realm.

Many thanks!

Sanicorpus

 

[spiny norman]

My understanding is that both the 850 and 1050 will play DSD over HDMI from a suitable Blu-ray/universal player (ie from SACDs). However, the 1050 will also play DSD files over DLNA, given UPnP/DLNA server software able to handle them on the storage device, as well as directly from USB storage.