DSP Plugin (Brutefir3) - MQA and DSD support?

Spezialtrick · January 17, 2021, 7:45pm

Good evening!

Currently I’m using Volumio on a Raspberry Pi3 with a Pro-ject Pre Box S2 Digital DAC. Playback of Tidal MQA music and local DSD files works flawlessly. I like to try Digital Room Correction capabilities of the DSP Plugin (Brutefir3).

Is it possible to use Volumio with DSP plugin and MQA or DSD music files?

balbuze · January 17, 2021, 7:48pm

I never tried, but I’m pretty sure no MQA will output as MQA… and DSD will be converted to PCM

Spezialtrick · January 17, 2021, 9:00pm

If my Volumio plays MQA music my DAC also shows, that it is playing MQA music:

Is there a loss of quality, if Volumio converts a DSD256 file to pcm?