SOX-DSD ~ SoX With DSD For Windows.


Here located unofficial builds of the SoX (Sound eXchange) audio tool with DSD support and other patches (including both DSF & DFF I/O and SDM sox “effect” to convert from PCM to DSD) for OS Windows only. Provided two Windows executable files for 32 & 64 bit systems. Binaries were cross-compiled on Linux using MinGW/gcc on fully static way.

  •  DSF I/O
  •  DFF I/O
  •  SDM effect to convert from PCM to DSD
github.com/turbulentie/sox-dsd-win

DSD2FLAC ~ Convert DSD To FLAC


DSD2FLAC converts DSD files to FLAC

Features:

  • Supports DSD input files in .dsf and .dff formats
  • Supports DSD64 and DSD128 input rates
  • Selectable output sample rates: 88.2KHz (default), 176.4KHz or 352.8KHz
  • Selectable bit depth: 16, 20, 24 (default)
  • Volume scale: -6db to +6db (+4 db default)
  • Dither: on (default) or off
  • Optional output mode in DoP2FLAC for use by a player that supports FLAC and a DAC that supports DoP input
  • Transfers stored metadata from the original DSD file to the resulting FLAC file
  • Single title conversion or entire album conversion in a given folder

This application is provided as-is without warranty or support.
Development for this application is closed.

www.sonore.us/dsd2flac

Audiophile Linux ~ Audio Optimized Operating System


Audiophile Linux is the operating system optimized for high quality digital audio reproduction. Created by audiophiles for people who share the same dream. To have their system a bit more better. AP-Linux is easily installed, user friendly, and absolutely free. Install it like any other GNU/Linux distribution and enjoy the music playback. Audiophile Linux comes with everything you need for playing your audio and video files.

Audiophile Linux Features:

  • System and memory optimized for quality audio
  • Custom Real-Time kernel
  • Latency under 5ms
  • DSD support
  • Lightweight window manager
  • Pre installed audio and video programs
  • Lightweight OS, free of unnecessary daemons and services
www.ap-linux.com

Free Multiformat Audio ~ Bleu Coast Music


Test Your System with Free Downloads

Artists: John R. Burr & Mads Tolling
Record Label: Blue Coast Records
Genre: ESE Americana Folk

Free download in 10 different resolutions (including DSD, WAV, FLAC; now including MQA!) for testing your system’s playback.

Just click the Add to Cart button and checkout as usual (Payment will not be required but requires registration)

Ashokan Farewell from the album Mostly Piano

bluecoastmusic.com/free-downloads

TEAC HR Audio Player ~ High Resolution DSD


“TEAC HR Audio Player” is a high-quality music player freeware for Windows and Mac, with high-resolution audio data processing capabilities. Possibility to enjoy a high quality of high-resolution sound reproduction, including the DSD even without complicated settings.

teac.jp/int/product/hr_audio_player

Pine Player ~ MacOS HQ Up Sampling Max 32bit 768kHz


Pine Player is an exclusive listening digital music player for music lovers who use the OSX operating system. It can play almost all existing digital audio forms such as MP3, FLAC, APE, AAC, M4A, WAV, AIFF, OGG, WMA, DSD, SACD ISO etc. and it also has a strong playing capability for listening to CUE files in the most convenient way.

1.     Maximum 32Bit 768kHz Up Sampling Function

Pine Player supports various kinds of PCM formats, so it can play sound sources from 16 to 32 bit; it can also reproduce clear and abundant sound quality by supporting a maximum of 768kHz.

Pine Player’s unique Over Sampling Filter is a technique that upconverts an ordinary MP3 file into a 32bit, maximum of 768kHz, and high sound quality sound source and sends it to the DAC for it to be played in best performance. Ordinary MP3 files’ sound quality can actually be heard more clearly and plentifully. Obviously, HD audio files such as MQS and DSD can be upconverted to a maximum of 768kHz as well.

2.     Convenient and Strong Playlist & Prevention of Text Cracking

Pine Player has a very convenient playlist because users can save and manage the music they wish to listen to, change the order of the music being played by simply dragging, and express any kind of language or text encoding perfectly because of its flawless decoding function. There is no Korean code cracking.

3.     Cross Fade and Gapless set-up

Cross Fade function, which is a technique that decreases the gap between songs when listening to files on the playlist or overlaps the songs for no gaps at all, can be set into seconds.

4.     Mass Storage of Audio Queue for Real Time Converting

Pine Player prevents damage of sound quality by having a high-powered Audio Queue for processing excessive amount of digital data. Therefore, it takes a considerable amount of memory compared to other music players.

5.     Automatic Isolation of Damaged Sound Sources

Pine Player has an automatic isolation function for damaged sound sources called Vault. If a damaged sound source is detected while playing the music, the music is stopped and taken to the Vault file for isolation. Through this convenient function, users can easily figure out which sound source is damaged and restore it.

Even with all these functions, Pine Player is a free app. Moreover, there are not any marketing or advertising material. Especially, no information including personal ones are sent to the outside or the Internet.

www.digipine.com/index.php?mid=pineplayer

Daphile ~ Client Server Audio System


The Daphile is the heart of a digital music system. Its primary focus is in storage and playback of your digital music library. It enables the best possible audio quality and future-proof flexibility by providing plug&play support for USB connected digital-to-analog converters (DAC). You can easily setup a multi-zone system just by connecting another USB DAC for each zone.

Features:

  • Headless music server OS
  • Bitperfect and gapless playback
  • Extensive audio format support
  • Native DSD playback up to DSD512
  • PCM resolutions up to 384kHz/24bit
  • High quality audio resampling including PCM to DSD conversion
  • Convolution filtering for DRC and equalizer
  • “Play from RAM” to minimize CPU load and disk activity during playback
  • Automatic audio device configuration with multiplayer support
  • CD ripping with AccurateRip™ verification, automatic metadata tagging and cover art
  • Supports external file servers as music source
  • Easy configuration and installation through the web interface
  • WiFi hotspot support (if compatible hardware exists)
  • Software update via web interface
  • Network-attached storage (NAS) service
  • Whole system included in about 200MB ISO-file

Daphile is based on the open source Squeezebox Server, Squeezelite and Linux.
Since Daphile is used and configured completely via the web interface the user is not required to have any Linux skills.

www.daphile.com

PCM-DSD_Converter ~ Convert PCM To DSD


PCM-DSD Converter is a program that converts a PCM WAV format sound source to DSD DSDIFF format. You can convert from PCM 16bit ~ 64bit Float / 44.1 ~ 768kHz to DSD16-DSD2048.

pcmdsd.com/Software/PCM-DSD_Converter

FiiO Music App ~ Hi Rez Audio For Android & iPhones


FiiO Music App is designed to maximize the experience of music lovers. Download the FiiO Music app today to start your journey to rediscover your music!

www.fiio.com/app

TASCAM Hi-Res Editor ~ Mac & Windows Freeware


TASCAM Hi-Res Editor is a new, free application for Windows and Macintosh computers, that plays and edits up to 11.2MHz DSD or 384kHz WAV files. The software allows playback and export of DSD files without converting to PCM audio. This app is available now as a free download for Windows and Mac. Ideal for users of TASCAM’s hi-resolution recorders like the DA-3000, TASCAM’s Hi-Res Editor is one of the only ways to edit native DSD master recordings.

TASCAM Hi-Res Editor Interface

tascam.com/us/product/hi-res_editor/top
www.tascam.eu/en/downloads/Hi-Res+Editor

wtfplay ~ Linux High Quality Sound


Wtfplay project is an initiative to create a quality music player for Linux. Ultimately the project has just one objective – deliver the best sound quality possible – with no compromises.

Initially the player has been created: wtfplay. Soon the project evolved and wtfplay-live Linux distribution was born.

wtfplay-live is a minimalist Linux distribution purely dedicated to audio playback. It does not have many features, but offers exceptional sound quality as a reward. Simply put: it is created to play music and it plays music well.

The main features of wtfplay-live are:

  • Memory based, bit perfect playback of WAV and FLAC files with PCM data (16 and 24 bit, up to 384kHz), and DSF files with DSD data.
  • Fully command line driven. No graphical mode. No network either. The whole system is optimised for sound playback from local disks.
  • A small text mode user interface: wtfcui – for more convenient usage.
  • Precisely tailored Linux kernel for best sound performance.
  • Distributed as Live CD: does not require installation on a hard disk, does not make any changes to your computer configuration.
  • Very small system size: the distribution ISO image is less than 50MB.
  • Good documentation – to give you all information that you need to comfortably listen to music.

The philosophy of wtfplay project is simple: provide the minimum set of features for easy use and focus 100% efforts on sound quality.

wtfplay-project.org

Sony HiRes Recorder ~ Record High Resolution PCM or DSD


Hi-Res Audio Recorder is an application to record audio tracks of a vinyl record onto your computer in the high resolution format.

Hi-Res Audio Recorder for Windows:
www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/audio-components-turntables/downloads/Z0005565
Hi-Res Audio Recorder for Mac:
https://www.sony.ca/en/electronics/support/downloads/00016410