Yes, I can confirm that works for my SMSL DO400 as well.
Have you tried FusionDSP? I don’t have an extensive DSD library and when running FusionDSP, it plays it thru PCM and I thought that in this configuration, it should be DSD over PCM which should show DOP on the DAC, but it does not show DOP on mine.
You can’t equalized direct DSD. It’s just not possible.
You have to use DSD over PCM.
Parametric EQ is very powerful, but you need to use some other tools to define EQ.(Rew)
If you have a Apple device, a nice and easy to use tool is Room correction using your iPhone and HouseCurve Volumio Room Correction - HouseCurve