Mp3 to DSD Conversion

[mansr]

2 minutes ago, Mitch said:

Thanks guys  - I will try the search.  A very helpful member on Hydrogen Audio suggested that the new SoX on source forge does PMC - DSD so will try that too.  I am also told that the Foobar dsd plug in will do 'on the fly' conversion - but not sure how.  I had rather wanted to do it off-line and convert PMC files to DSD files.

SoX on Sourceforge doesn't support DSD. There are executables with DSD support for various systems at https://audiodigitale.eu/repo/sox/.

 

2 minutes ago, Mitch said:

It is interesting that no one on this forum, or Hydrogen Audio has actually said - 'yes, I have tried this and it does not work'.  What if (only a 'what it' you understand) that because of the way DSD is processed the conversion, although it dosn't produce a better sound, might produce a different sound (like some kind of filter) - a sound that some people might find more pleasing?  If that were so, would it not be worth trying to find out?  (Way out of my depth here, but for example, what if the way the noise floor is handled in DSD makes a small difference?).

Of course any given DAC might handle the signal reconstructed from the mp3 differently if it is converted to DSD. This is no different from any other PCM source.

[mansr]

6 minutes ago, Mitch said:

Windows defender does not want me to run the app https://audiodigitale.eu/repo/sox/sox-dsd-mansr-git-x86_64-w64-mingw32.exe (which I think is the right one for my 64 bit lap top)

Do you think it will be ok to run it anyway?

What reason does Windows Defender give? If it's just that the file is from an untrusted source, it should be fine. That's not my server, however, so I can't be certain there's nothing nefarious there.

[mansr]

24 minutes ago, Mitch said:

It says this:

 

'Windows defender smart screen prevented an unrecognised app from starting.  Running this app might put your PC at risk'

 

I know one can never be totally sure.

I think that just means it can't verify the origin of the app, not that it detected anything actually malicious.