64bitAudio Introduces DMP NEXUS Streaming Ecosystem

German company 64bitAudio has introduced the DMP NEXUS cross-platform for bit-perfect desktop audio streaming, including the protocol and all-in-one network player 64bitAudio DMP ONE. On Linux and Windows, it lets any application stream music untouched - bit-for-bit identical to the original - across the home network to any USB DAC, at resolutions up to DSD512 and PCM384; on macOS, the same bit-perfect chain runs through a dedicated virtual appliance native to Apple Silicon. With no app lock-in, no subscriptions, and no proprietary ecosystem, it closes a gap no other product on the market addresses.

Key facts

• Bit-perfect, and verifiable. Audio reaches the DAC bit-for-bit identical to the original, confirmable at three independent points: the CORE on your computer, the DMP ONE, and your DAC's own display.

• Up to DSD512 and PCM384, in stereo - with DSD carried natively, not converted.

• Native on Linux and Windows; on macOS through a dedicated, Linux-based virtual appliance, native to Apple Silicon.

• Any app, any service, any DAC. Works with any player (Qobuz, Tidal, foobar2000, PlayPcmWin) and any USB-Audio DAC; no subscriptions, no proprietary ecosystem, no app or format lock-in.

• Open standards, extended. Built on OpenHome, the open standard Linn created, and usable as a standalone Roon endpoint with no Roon certification; within Roon up to DSD128/PCM192, while the full DSD512/PCM384 path is the DMP NEXUS ecosystem's own.

• An all-in-one network player. The DMP ONE - machined from a single block of aluminum — is an OpenHome renderer and a built-in UPnP/DLNA media server (based on ReadyMedia).

• Two USB DACs at once — unique as far as we know. The DMP ONE drives two USB DACs simultaneously from the same bit-perfect source — ideal for directly A/B-comparing two DACs without recabling or running two systems from one device. We know of no other network player that offers this. DSD is handled adaptively, native-first: with one DAC, native DSD where the DAC supports it, otherwise lossless DSD-over-PCM (DoP); with two DACs, DoP throughout - encapsulated in real time, with noquality loss.

• Your DAC stays your choice. The chain stops at the DAC's USB input; future DAC generations work without modification.

• Engineered in Germany by 64bitAudio, a family startup based in Berlin. On your computer, the DMP NEXUS appears as an ordinary audio output device: on Windows through the DMP NEXUS ASIO and WAVERT/WASAPI drivers, and on Linux through an audio sink provided by the DMP NEXUS CORE (the CORE for short). Your existing apps simply play to it, with no changes and no plug-ins. The CORE then takes over and carries the audio, unmodified, across your home network to the DMP ONE, a compact network player machined from a single block of aluminum. The DMP ONE hands the stream to the USB DAC you have chosen, which turns it into the sound you hear.

On macOS, the same bit-perfect chain is delivered through a dedicated virtual appliance - a ready-made, self-contained Linux environment running natively on Apple Silicon, which carries your music to the DMP ONE at the very same resolutions, up to DSD512 and PCM384. Running the proven Linux audio path inside a lightweight virtual machine is precisely what lets the DMP NEXUS sidestep the DSD limitations of macOS's own audio system.

Already a Roon user? The DMP ONE also stands on its own. It is a standards-compliant OpenHome network player — built on the open streaming standard that Linn created - so Roon reaches it directly as an endpoint over OpenHome, not over Roon's proprietary RAAT transport, and no Roon certification is required. You can drop the DMP ONE into your existing Roon setup straight away, without any other part of the DMP NEXUS ecosystem. Within Roon, playback follows Roon's own implementation of that standard, which carries up to DSD128 and PCM192 bit-perfect. We took the same open, published protocol - OpenHome's Songcast Direct, whose potential had gone largely unused - and extended it: in the full DMP NEXUS ecosystem it carries DSD512 and PCM384, beyond what Linn's or Roon's own implementations reach.

And the DMP ONE is more than a receiver. It is a complete OpenHome device in its own right: alongside its renderer role, it runs a built-in UPnP/DLNA media server (based on the open ReadyMedia project), so it can index and serve a music library on your network and play it straight to your DAC - controlled from any UPnP or OpenHome app on your phone, with no computer running at all. Server, renderer, and DAC bridge in a single box.

Why it is different

• Any app, any service, any DAC. You are not buying into another ecosystem, app, or monthly fee. You keep using the software you already like, and you connect the DAC you already own or want.

• Bit-perfect, and you can prove it. "Bit-perfect" means the audio that leaves your app arrives at the DAC without a single value changed. The DMP NEXUS shows you the exact format at three independent points - on the computer, on the network player, and on your DAC's own display - so you can confirm it for yourself rather than take our word for it. DSD up to DSD512 is carried natively, not converted.

• Your DAC stays your choice. We deliberately stop at the USB input of the DAC. The character of the sound is the DAC's job, not ours — which means you choose it freely by sound, measurements, and budget, and the DMP NEXUS works with future DAC generations without modification.

Source - https://64bitaudio.de/en/