DSD support

[heresjohnny]

Hi, I'm just wondering if your great driver features DSD support as detailed here.

This plug-in for foobar has experimental support for DSD via ASIO, but since the whole topic is bleeding edge I guess we don't know yet at this point which PC hardware supports it.

[andyshedd]

Jul 29, 2011 20:20:57 GMT heresjohnny said:

Hi, I'm just wondering if your great driver features DSD support as detailed here.

This plug-in for foobar has experimental support for DSD via ASIO, but since the whole topic is bleeding edge I guess we don't know yet at this point which PC hardware supports it.

I would throw my hat into the ring for this feature.

[petermac]

Same request,

I tried to play DSD ISO in foobar with ASIO Driver mode set to native DSD not PCM in SACD plugin, with my onboard Realtek ALC889 with ASIO4ALL 2.10 via HDMI connected to AVR Onkyo 905 (DSD capable) but not work, no sound, only work with PCM mode.

Please add DSD passthrough playback via HDMI to ASIO4ALL if they don't supported yet, as I read Realtek ALC889 chip is also capable with DSD, so only needs I think correct working ASIO drivers to send native DSD via HDMI to DSD capable AVR.

So that's all very fine, but what about everyone else who doesn't have a Sony Vaio? Well you need a sound card with a DAC that supports DSD input. For those of you with the Auzentech X-fi Prelude, it supports stereo DSD! (but not multichannel, and not DXD). Also, the Realtek ALC889 integrated audio chipset (used on boards like Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6) does, but probably not DXD.

From Realtek official website

The ALC889 complies with the latest Microsoft Windows Vista Premium requirements, and offers DSD (Direct Stream Digital) format support and Full Rate Blu-Ray/HD DVD playback capabilities.