Free DSD Player for Windows 7

Can anyone on here point me in the right direction where I can find some free software that plays back DSD files? It seems to be a very incompatible format comparing to PCM. I have some DSD files that I can't play.

My PC is Windows 7.

Thanks

 

Korg Audiogate.

 

foobar2000 with foo_input_sacd plug-in...

 

I've installed foobar 2000 but I don't where the foo_input_sacd plug in is. As it is at the moment the foobar 2000 isn't recognising the DSD files.

 

Download it using a link in my previous post and install it in foobar using Preferences->Components ->Install option. Then you will be able to configure the plug-in via Preferences->Tools->SACD menu.

 

This seems to get you SACD DSD playback in PCM. I.e., it converts to 44.1 / 16 PCM to play back. Is there any way to get an HP Elitebook Laptop to play back in native DSD mode?
Do I have to download a DSD driver?

 

I believe you can also play DSD audio on fb2k in native DSD form via a DSD-capable DAC using either ASIOproxy from foo_dsd_asio or, say, an ASIO driver supplied with your DSD DAC (owning a bunch of PCM-only capable USB DACs, I am not that well-versed in native DSD playback though).

 

Thanks,
My guess is the DAC in my laptop is only capable of doing PCM.
I think what I'll do is see if I can hook up my Laptop to my Oppo and output DSD to the Oppo.
I'm trying all this for the first time...

 

I wonder if any laptop/computer soundboard is capable of DSD. I have not seen any.

 

My guess is SACD and DSD is too much of a niche to have laptop soundboards set up to convert native DSD.

 

Certainly.

 

like testikoff said

 

How about the $189 Ifi Nano DSD usb dac.

 

If you want to use the DAC of your laptop - i.e. connect an amp to the analogue output of the laptop - you need to set up the SACD plugin to convert the DSD signal to PCM.

If you have a DSD capable external DAC- connected via USB - you can send DSD signals to it directly. The laptop audio chip will not be used, since the external DAC is the audio device the laptop uses for playback.

 

Or the $350 Korg with software player and driver: http://www.korg.com/us/products/audio/ds_dac_100m/

 

Andrew (OP), do you have hardware that plays DSD or more looking for a converter to play DSD music in PCM?

I'd be happy with converting DSD to PCM 24/88 with AudioGate if it's the latter.

 

I wonder what the best App (doesn't have to be free) that works with the Oppo HA-2 (which I already have)

 

Probably the Onkyo HF Player. The $10 version will allow an iPhone to output just about anything to an HA-2 including DSD.