[h1f1add1cted]

   
Thanks for your reply. It is not that the pdf is incorrect, it is just that it is a little tone deaf. Since I must have followed those instructions to get any kind of DSD running in the first place.  I have 64 DSD up and running. I just can't get 256 DSD running. I was wondering if anyone else has and then to see if their setup is different from mine. Since I have now tried it on two PCs which both run 64 DSD fine, I am wondering if it is even possible to get foobar to do the higher rate. Have you guys tried it?
 
Foobar has been not only stable for me, but so much less bloated the jriver which I found a lot of problems with. But I haven't tried it for two years so maybe I will give it another whirl. But honestly I was just downloading some free DSD tracks to see if I could hear a difference with 256 DSD. And I actually probably won't change from Foobar because right now it plays everything I have purchased.
 
So Has Anybody Got Foobar to Work with 256 DSD?

 
Yes no problem with foobar2000:
 
DSD256 (with Magenta led ligth on)
 

 
 
Follow this guide: http://www.audiostream.com/content/how-play-dsd-file-using-foobar2000

 

[iFi audio]

Public Release – 2 x David Elias DSD tracks

 
Click here:
http://ifi-audio.com/audio_blog/public-release-2-x-david-elias-dsd-tracks/
 

Following on from the iFi iCLUB DSD album last week, as promised, the following two tracks are available to all.
As with the previous recordings, these are all 100% DSD, having been recorded, mixed and mastered directly on the Sony Sonoma DSD Workstation provided by Gus Skinas at SuperAudioCenter.com.
We hope you like them.
Thank you again to David for his great work on the DSD recording front!

 

[rickyleelee]

   
Thanks for your reply. It is not that the pdf is incorrect, it is just that it is a little tone deaf. Since I must have followed those instructions to get any kind of DSD running in the first place.  I have 64 DSD up and running. I just can't get 256 DSD running. I was wondering if anyone else has and then to see if their setup is different from mine. Since I have now tried it on two PCs which both run 64 DSD fine, I am wondering if it is even possible to get foobar to do the higher rate. Have you guys tried it?
 
Foobar has been not only stable for me, but so much less bloated the jriver which I found a lot of problems with. But I haven't tried it for two years so maybe I will give it another whirl. But honestly I was just downloading some free DSD tracks to see if I could hear a difference with 256 DSD. And I actually probably won't change from Foobar because right now it plays everything I have purchased.
 
So Has Anybody Got Foobar to Work with 256 DSD?

 
If your install still fails to work at DSD256, try "full" un-install and re-install. It happened to me and I got it back up and running properly. It does say this in the pdf (if you and I have the same version). I hope you appreciate the fact that Foobar isn't written by them but they are trying to help others get better sound by offering this tutorial and support. As OP says, it works for me too. Good luck.

 

[Dixter]

Here is some more instructions to get foobar2000 to work with 256 DSD... a couple changes to the pdf that was posted earlier..
 
Follow this guide: http://www.audiostream.com/content/how-play-dsd-file-using-foobar2000

 
If you go by the directions I would be surprised if you could get Foobar to work with 256 DSD...
 
in the pdf file at step 11... as shown below :
 
 
10. Open Foobar2000
11. Select Components.
12. Select Playback > Output > ASIO.
 
Try this instead...  should work for you.
 
10 Open Foobar2000
11. Select File -> Preferences -> Components
12. In the right side panel select ->  Install
13. Navigate to the Foobar2000 Components directory ( C:\Program Files (x86) -> Foobar2000->components
14 Select foo_out_asio and foo_input_sacd,   then select " apply "
15. Close Foobar2000 and open Foobar2000 again
16. Select File-> Preferences -> select Output-> select ASIO -> select Use 64bit and Run with high process priority
17. Note that the ifi (by AMR) HD USB Audio is listed as a ASIO Driver
18. Select OK
 
Restart Foobar2000 and use as normal...  should work

 

[Dixter]

Just in case you need a couple 256 DSD files to test your ifi nano/micro then here is a site for you....    wonder why ifi doesn't provide their own test files ??  Sure would help....
 
https://justlisten.nativedsd.com/albums/just-listen-1-compilation

 

[h1f1add1cted]

  Follow this guide: http://www.audiostream.com/content/how-play-dsd-file-using-foobar2000

 
If you go by the directions I would be surprised if you could get Foobar to work with 256 DSD...
 

I used this guide and it works fine, I only had no idea about the foo_input_sacd.dll file part (which I know now, is stored in this path ...\Roaming\foobar2000\user-components\foo_input_sacd), but as you see an my photo it works to 100% with DSD256.

 

 

[Dixter]

yep works in yours and works in mine too...   
 
looks like there is more than one way to get Foobar to work...   step 11 was just a little off in the pdf...

 

[iFi audio]

Hi all,
 
For a quick reference quick, these are the most common areas to check that things are setup correctly otherwise DSD playback will be patchy.
 
Just verify that these two sections are correct.
 




Enjoy and most important of all, enjoy the tunes. 

 

[zorin]

  Not much is known at this point except that (1) it is the first of Nano series, hence it will be smaller than the current Micro series. (2) It will decode DSD, thus the name iDSD. and (3) it could be priced as low as $160 or so (unconfirmed yet). (4) As you can see on the picture, it will have RCA line-out and a headphone-out. It will be officially announced on the Oct. 12th @ Beijing International Hi-Fi show
 
Also there is mention of possible portable amp released under the Nano series in the future.

Why two RCA lines out on a small thingy like that, why no 3.5mm out ?

 

[h1f1add1cted]

There is a 3.5mm out. The RCA is addtional, like connect with a normal RCA cable to an external amp or other device. 3.5mm and RCA are using the same internal lines, so there is no difference. Choose what you prefer.

 

[wensan]

  There is a 3.5mm out. The RCA is addtional, like connect with a normal RCA cable to an external amp or other device. 3.5mm and RCA are using the same internal lines, so there is no difference. Choose what you prefer.

I think it is a Digital Output, not a 3.5mm output. 

 

[ClieOS]

  I think it is a Digital Output, not a 3.5mm output. 

 
There is a single RCA digital-out (S/PDIF) on back, two analog RCA out on the front for stereo channels. There is a 3.5mm headphone-out on the front as well.
 

 

[wensan]

   
There is a single RCA digital-out (S/PDIF) on back, two analog RCA out on the front for stereo channels. There is a 3.5mm headphone-out on the front as well.
 

 
Hi, ClieOS, thanks. 

 

[koolas]

Just listening Yahel from iDSD on my XBA-C10, and it sounds pretty amazing. Recently I leave Alpha Dogs and Pan Am at home, because iDSD + XBA-C10 is really great combo, and truly portable. Amazing how much detail these tiny earpieces provide, but only when driven by iDSD. This device is great achievement of iFi's - honestly, and I'm only listening to Vorbis @ 300kbps, and not DSD not even hi-rez, just HQ Vorbis. I think iDSD is truly about quality and not only features like probably other contestants might be... Now I'm thinking maybe to buy some iPhone or Android to use iDSD on the go :rolleyes:

 

[shabta]

Hey thanks to all for the advice and encouragement, I got 256 DSD  working. Not sure what was wrong, but I ended up uninstalling and re-installing foobar and the components following dixter's mod of the audiostream instructions. 
 
Happily listening to 256 DSD and gazing at a magenta light as I write this.