When I play back dsf/ dsd files it plays them as 24/176.4. This is what the external dac is showing also. Am I missing a setting? Jriver plays them back as dsd.
Can you post the debug info here? Is the DAC set to support DSD?
Don’t really have any debug info. The dac indicates dsd when I use Jriver to play back the files.
Running Windows 10 not seeing the selections at the top like normal.
Borrowed from Antoine:
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Audirvana Studio 1.7.1 (10701)
Windows 10 (19043) with 16GB physical RAM
Connected account:
SIGNAL PROCESSING:
Polarity Inversion:
Globally: OFF
Per track: ON
Effects plugins NOT ACTIVE
UPSAMPLING:
r8brain not in use
r8brain filter parameters
Bandwidth = 99.5%
Stop band attenuation 218dB
Phase linear
AUDIO VOLUME:
Max allowed volume: 100
Replay Gain: None
SW volume control: OFF
LIBRARY SETTINGS:
Sync list: 1 folders
AUTO: I:\Music
Library database path: C:\Users\eddie\AppData\Local\Audirvana\Audirvana\AudirvanaDatabase.sqlite
Remote Control server:
Listening on 2601:549:4301:1920:c5cf:47ee:12bb:bbcc on port 52899
ACTIVE STREAMING SERVICES
=================== AUDIO DEVICE ========================
Max. memory for audio buffers: 3998MB
Local Audio Engine: WASAPI
Preferred device:
Speakers (2- Benchmark DAC2 USB Audio 2.0)
Model UID:MMDEVAPI\AudioEndpoints
UID:\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{150b48d0-1da9-4afc-88da-8e59ad8378fa}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}
Currently playing in Integer Mode:
Device: 2ch 24bits Integer, 8 bytes per frame 176.4kHz
Active Sample Rate: 176.4kHz
Bridge settings:
Sample rate limitation: none
Sample rate switching latency: none
Limit bitdepth to 24bit: OFF
Mute during sample rate change: OFF
Selected device:
Local audio device
Speakers (2- Benchmark DAC2 USB Audio 2.0)
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Model Name: Speakers (2- Benchmark DAC2 USB Audio 2.0)
Model UID: MMDEVAPI\AudioEndpoints
UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{150b48d0-1da9-4afc-88da-8e59ad8378fa}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}
6 available sample rates up to 192000Hz
44100
48000
88200
96000
176400
192000
Volume Control
Physical: Yes
Virtual: No
MQA capability
Auto-detect MQA devices: Yes
Not a MQA device, user set to not MQA
DSD capability: Unhandled
Device audio channels
Preferred stereo channels L:0 R:1
Channel bitmap: Ox3, layout:
Channel 0 mapped to 0
Channel 1 mapped to 1
Audio channels in use
Number of channels: 2
Use as stereo device only: No
Simple stereo device: No
1 output streams:
Number of active channels: 2, in 1 stream(s)
Channel #0 :Stream 0 channel 0
Channel #1 :Stream 0 channel 1
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 44.1kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 48kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 88.2kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 96kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 176.4kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 176.4kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 16bit little endian 192kHz
2 ch Integer PCM 24bit little endian aligned high in 32bit chunk 192kHz
Local devices found : 5
Device #0: SPDIF Out (Creative SB X-Fi) Manufacturer: Microsoft Model UID: MMDEVAPI\AudioEndpoints UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{a72fee1d-cab9-4650-884b-e33b1eb5b7b9}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2} Model Name: SPDIF Out (Creative SB X-Fi)
Device #1: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi) Manufacturer: Microsoft Model UID: MMDEVAPI\AudioEndpoints UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{a4e32081-a35d-4408-8352-55a48b85ffbc}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2} Model Name: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
Device #2: JRiver Media Center 25 (JRiver Media Center) Manufacturer: Microsoft Model UID: MMDEVAPI\AudioEndpoints UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{8d264873-2c83-4af5-9abf-961eaacb577a}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2} Model Name: JRiver Media Center 25 (JRiver Media Center)
Device #3: Speakers (2- Benchmark DAC2 USB Audio 2.0) Manufacturer: Microsoft Model UID: MMDEVAPI\AudioEndpoints UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{150b48d0-1da9-4afc-88da-8e59ad8378fa}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2} Model Name: Speakers (2- Benchmark DAC2 USB Audio 2.0)
Device #4: DENON-AVRHD (Intel(R) Display Audio) Manufacturer: Microsoft Model UID: MMDEVAPI\AudioEndpoints UID: \?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{7bd2b15a-ff34-4f36-a52b-a2ae324e7cee}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2} Model Name: DENON-AVRHD (Intel(R) Display Audio)
UPnP devices found : 7
Device #0Music-PC UID: uuid:1bf71614-2405-44fd-8e89-fca7e38dd58e Location: http://10.0.0.240:52101/DeviceDescription.xml
Device #1Denon AVR-X4500H UID: uuid:0dba78a9-8ae5-1363-0080-0005cdc2f28a Location: http://10.0.0.30:60006/upnp/desc/aios_device/aios_device.xml
Device #2TX-NR1008 UID: uuid:42b0fb69-2afb-69b9-b1f2-69092ab9239a Location: http://10.0.0.90:8888/upnp_descriptor_0
Device #3Denon AVR-X4500H UID: uuid:48ca40ce-9d99-1920-0080-0005cdc2f28a Location: http://10.0.0.30:60006/upnp/desc/aios_device/aios_device.xml
Device #4Denon AVR-X4500H UID: uuid:85a95164-52ba-15da-0080-0005cdc2f28a Location: http://10.0.0.30:60006/upnp/desc/aios_device/aios_device.xml
Device #5Denon AVR-X4500H UID: uuid:38139299-61eb-1ca2-2f92-279f4fe0f667 Location: http://10.0.0.30:60006/upnp/desc/aios_device/aios_device.xml
Device #6Denon AVR-X4500H UID: uuid:1f89ffe2-e694-2d4a-c243-c5339d7959ab Location: http://10.0.0.30:60006/upnp/desc/aios_device/aios_device.xml
Here is a hint. Try to set it manually to DoP 1.0. See if that works.
you sure your DAC play DSD ?
on a mac you can adjust the automatic detection to, see picture…
if dac handle dsd256 or more select 1.1
to much people at same time 
Looks like the Benchmark DAC2 is not set to decode the DoP signal:
From the debug report:
DSD capability: Unhandled
From the Benchmark site:
"…All digital inputs on the DAC2 support native PCM or DSD conversion. From any input, DSD is transported with bit accuracy over DoP 1.1. DSD and PCM are both natively converted to analog. There are no DSD to PCM or PCM to DSD conversions to compromise the quality of the music. The DAC2 conversion system seamlessly switches between native PCM and native DSD conversion. DSD over DoP 1.1 is supported by many media players, and DSD downloads are now available from several sources.’’
Try disabling “Integer Mode” … The “whitelist” configuration for the DAC may not be correct
Yes it indicates DSD when I play the same files with JRiver Media Center.
Just set DoP 1.1 and you’re good to go.
How do I manually set it to DoP 1.0?
How do I set DoP 1.1?
Open the output device settings and choose “DSD over PCM 1.1” as the option for ‘Native DSD streaming method’ found in the Direct Stream Digital (DSD) setting.
Ok got it working finally. Had to unlock the padlock so it allowed me to change settings. I’m sure I’ll be back tomorrow when I try and stream Qobuz. Big thanks to everyone.
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You are playing to your DAC in WASAPI, if you want to get DSD natively you need to use ASIO with the ASIO driver of your Benchmark
Actually it works with both WASAPI and ASIO. My DSD capability was set to unhandled.