Playing MQA audio on a PC using Foobar2000

Posted on 29/07/2018 by Ramoonus

To play MQA audio files on a computer with Foobar2000 as playback software you need the following:

Hardware:

MQA capable decoder with installed ASIO drivers

Software:

SACD plugin: foo_input_sacd
Foobar ASIO plugin
Optional: ASIOProxyInstall

If you have an ASIO soundcard: Select your soundcard with the ASIO protocol as playback device.

Else: Select your soundcard with the ASIO protocol as playback device. In Windows Audio Settings, disable all playback enhancing methods

Essential Foobar2000 components (summer 2016 update)

Posted on 15/05/2016 by Ramoonus

To enhance my Foobar2000 music player I use the following components (plugins or extensions if you like).
This is an update for my earlier post Essential Foobar2000 plugins (update)

Essential Foobar2000 plugins (update)

Posted on 22/08/2015 by Ramoonus

This post is an update for my 5 year old post Essential Foobar2000 plugins.

This is my list of recommended Foobar2000 plugins:

Playing SACD and DSD with Foobar2000

Posted on 16/07/2014 by Ramoonus

To be able to play Super-Audio-CD (SACD) and DSD files using Foobar2000 you will need to install the following three plugins:

After installing these 3 you`ll have to restart Foobar2000 and you`re done.

Essential Foobar2000 plugins

Aside

If you use Foobar2000 there are several plugins I really recommend to check out:

Audioscrobbler
Adds Last.fm support
Columns UI
Adds a new layout
Advanced mIRC Integration Plug-in (AMIP)
Adds “Now Playing” support for mIRC / MSN Messenger

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