Applies to

Studio

Origin

Audirvāna Remote

Operating System

macOS

Windows

Linux

When you play DSD tracks in Audirvāna, you usually play them as DoP unless you use an ASIO driver or play them to a DSD-natively compatible UPnP device.

Setting my device as DoP

The DSD-over-PCM standard has been developed to send raw DSD as a fake PCM stream. This standard is used for macOS devices, as the operating system can't send raw DSD streams (the same behavior occurs when using WASAPI or Kernel Streaming on a Windows device).

For example:

If a DSD 256 file played on a Mac device via DoP, which requires the PCM carrier sample-rate of 24/705.6kHz to a DAC that does not support DSD256 files, but does support DSD128 and/or DSD64 files... Audirvāna automatically lowers (modulates) the sample rate of the DSD256 file (11.2 MHz) to a DSD128 file (5.6 MHz) or a DSD64 file (2.8 MHz) for DoP playback on the DAC, using the appropriate DoP PCM carrier sample rate for the DSD file.

In the case of DSD128, the PCM carrier file is 24/352.8 kHz, and in the case of DSD64, the PCM carrier file is 24/176.4kHz

Note: not all DACs supports DoP, please refer to your device manual to know if it's compatible

In this article:

• Step 1: Access the device settings
• Step 2: Enable DoP

Step 1: Access the device settings

You need to click on the icon at the top right of Audirvāna to see your device settings:

Step 2: Enable DoP

There are two options: DoP 1.0 or DoP 1.1. You can choose the one you want to use, and your device will play the DSD file as DoP.

If you feel the volume of your DoP DSD tracks is too low, you can boost it from 0 dB to +6 dB.

Note: If your DAC has a volume control, you may need to ensure it is set at 100% during DSD playback to prevent its USB interface from damaging the DSD signal.