CuBox vs Alix

both system running linux and mpd.  

CuBox is ARM based while Alix is using x86 (AMD).

which one do you prefer?

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another beautifully made DSD dac (Norway).

output caps changed to Auricap and result is positive,

"Just replaced the output caps. Must say, the sound seems to even more pleasant! ... As I write this, I am very impressed!"

 

 

btw, the chassis is an eye candy .....  :-)

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another USB DSD dac implementation (Japan).

separated power supply for digital and analog section.

impressive R-core transformer. :-)

voyage MPD officially support DSD

we are pleased to announce exD is now official partner with Voyage Linux.

the new Voyage MPD 0.9-rc1 is supporting DSD playback using DoP.

Format supported: DSDIFF and DSF
Max sample rate: DSD128

Voyage MPD

DSD using JPlay

DSD playing using JPlay tested and proved to work with our USB-DSD interface.

please note JPlay only support DoP using Kernel Streaming (KS) at the moment, that said, only DSD64 possible.

JPlay

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a complete USB DSD dac implementation (Korea).

using our USB-DSD interface and DSD dac module in a beautiful chassis.

a custom heavy duty toroidal transformer and voltage regulator.

MPD supporting DSD

DSD playback is now supported (DFF and DSF file format).

Linux platform tested and confirmed to work,

1. Debian
2. Ubuntu
3. Voyage
4. VortexBox

DoP 1.0 supported

exD now supports DoP 1.0 (DSD over PCM) open standard with a new firmware update.

major audio player that support DoP includes,

Audirvana Plus (Mac OS)
Foobar2000 (Windows)
JRiver MC17 (Windows)
MPD (Linux, coming soon)

streaming DSD using MPD

apart from Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows, we can play DSD files using Linux now.

we have a custom MPD that supports our own DSD-over-USB standard and streaming DSD file becomes possible.

the new DSD-over-USB standard

we are really clever sometimes.....

there seems to have an DSD-over-USB standard coming out, finally,
DSD-over-USB standard

we will update our firmware to support this forthcoming "DSD-over-USB standard" plus our own "standard" as well.

stay tuned.

HQPlayer DSD playback

another player that support native DSD streaming using ASIO, HQPlayer.

exD is now supporting HQPlayer to stream native DSD.

DSD files in DSDIFF and DSF format supported. DSD64 (2.8224MHz) and DSD128 (5.6448MHz) supported too.






HQPlayer not only run on Windows but Linux as well.

again, you can try HQPlayer before you buy.

Download a copy here, Signalyst

support J River Media Center DSD bitstreaming

pleased to announce that our USB interface is now able to work with J River Media Center to play native DSD files.

J River will stream raw DSD files using our audio ASIO device.







You can download and try J River Media Center before buying a copy. :-)

J River website, Here

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running naked. :-)

Coax out (75 ohm BNC)
I2S output using LVDS (HDMI)
DSD output using Cat 6 (RJ45)

new dsd dac module

a new dsd dac module is under test.

it's a good match to our USB interface that support up to DSD128 (5.6448MHz)

the module uses CS4398 that support native dsd (without converting to PCM) conversion.

more info to follow.

DSD on Mac

apart from using foobar2000 to play native DSD files, now we can play DSD on Mac as well.

native DSD playback

after a new firmware update, the USB interface is now able to stream native DSD (the original 1-bit format of SACD) from the computer. :-)

playing DSD files using foobar, with updated DSD firmware and new ASIO DSD driver:




if no DSD driver present and PCM only firmware, the DSD playback will be converted to PCM,