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Hi res music player software for audiophiles (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, online) for WAV, FLAC, DSD (DSF, DFF, SACD ISO, DoP), MQA, m4a, ..

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Audio player	Operation system	License	Supported file types	Sample rate	DAC interface	Description
Audio players Windows, Mac, Linux
AIMP	Windows	Free	CDA, AAC, ac3, APE, DTS, FLAC, m4a, ogg, mp3, WAV, WMA, WavPack, DSF, DFF, other, web radio	DirectSound, ASIO, WASAPI
Album Player	Windows	Free	WAV, FLAC, APE, WavPack, ALAC, AIFF, TAK, MP3, MP4, OGG, CD, DSD, DVD-A, other	ASIO, Kernel Streaming, WASAPI
Amarok	Linux, Unix, Windows, Mac	Free
Amarra Luxe	Windows, Mac	Commercial	DSF, mp3, AAC, MQA, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, streaming service, other	DSD to PCM
Audiogate	Windows, Mac	DSF, DFF, WAV, FLAC, BWF, WMA, ALAC, mp3, other	up to DSD128	DAC limitation for the software activation
Audirvana	Mac, Windows	Commercial	DSF, DFF (including DST), SACD ISO, WAV, FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, WavPack, APE, MQA, streaming service, other	DoP, DSD to PCM	Windows 10 compatible
Audacious	Linux, BSD, Windows	Free
Channel-D Pure Music	Mac	Commercial	up to 384 kHz / 24 bit, up to DSD128	DSD to PCM, DoP, streaming	Gapless and memory playback
Daphile	Run as firmware (Linux based) from flash stick memory	Free	DSF, PCM	up to 384 kHz / 24 bit, up to DSD512	Music server. Stereo only
Foobar2000(with sacd input plugin)	Windows	Free	DSF, DFF (including DST), SACD ISO, FLAC, WAV, mp3, ALAC, WavPack, AAC, other	up to DSD512	ASIO, DSD to PCM
Fostex Audio Player	Windows, Mac	Free	DSF, DFF, WAV, FLAC, mp3, AIFF, ALAC	up to DSD128, up to 192 kHz / 24 bit	ASIO, DoP	Demands certain playback hardware
Gom Audio	Windows	Free	cda, MPL, mp3, ogg, WMA, APE, FLAC, WAV, m4a, WavPack, AIFF, DSF, DFF
iTunes	Mac, Windows	Free	WAV, ALAC, AAC, mp3, AIFF, CD-audio
JRiver	Windows, Mac, Linux	Commercial	DSF, DFF (including DST), SACD ISO, mp3, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, other	ASIO, DoP, DSD over DLNA, DSD to PCM, PCM to DSD	Gapless playback
Hi-Res Audio Player	Windows	DSD, PCM	Require certain hardware
HQ Player	Windows, Mac, Linux	Commercial	DSF, DFF (non-compressed DSDIFF), CD-audio, FLAC, AIFF, other	up to DSD1024	DSD to PCM, PCM to DSD, ASIO, DoP
Hysolid	Windows	Free	DSF, WAV, FLAC	up to DSD256, up to 384 kHz	ASIO, DoPWASAPI	To work on music server PC with smartphone app control
Logitech Media Server	Windows, Mac, Linux	PCM, DoP PCM files	Bit-perfect PCM output of DoP	Need additional hardware and pre-conversion DSD files to PCM DoP files. How to adjust and use the software.
Media Player Classic	Windows	Free	PCM, DSF, DFF
MusicBee	Windows	Free	ASIO, WASAPI
moOde audio player	To run on Raspberry Pi	Free	Here information about DSD settings
Pine Player	Mac	Free	mp3, FLAC, APE, AAC, m4a, WAV, AIFF, ogg, WMA, DSD, SACD ISO, other	up to 768 kHz / 32 bit
Resonic Player	Windows	Free, Commercial	WAV, AIFF, FLAC, WMA, mp3, ALAC, WavPack, MID, DSF, DFF, other	up to DSD512
Roon	Windows, Mac; the server on Windows, Mac, Linux	Commercial	Audio files and streaming service	Bit-perfect, DSD to PCM	The server may be installed on network area storage (NAS)
TEAC HR Audio Player	Windows, Mac	Free	DSF, DFF, PCM	up to DSD256, up to 384 kHz / 32 bit	ASIO, DoP
Technics Audio Player	Windows, Mac	DSF, DFF, WAV, FLAC, mp3, ALAC, AIFF	up to DSD128, up to 384 kHz / 32bit	USB driver	Read the software license agreement about using limitations
Volumio	Run as firmware from flash stick memory on PC, Raspberry Pi, other	Free	MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, ALAC, DSD	UPNP DLNA, Airplay, DoP	Open source music server
VLC	Windows, Mac, Linux, other	Free	mp3, AAC, MLP / TrueHD, DTS, WMA, FLAC (including uncompressed), ALAC, ATRAC 3, WavPack, APE, WAV, other
Vox	Mac	Free	DSF, WAV, AIFF, FLAC (including uncompressed), ALAC, mp3, other, network radio
XMMS	Unix	Free
Wtfplay	Linux	Free	WAV, FLAC, DSF	up to DSD128; DSD256, DSD512 are experimental, up to 384 kHz / 32 bit	DoP
Audio players Android and iOS (mobile applications)
AIMP	Android

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