Is there some bug you're hoping to get fixed, or are you just addicted to updates?
May I suggest SoX to release new versions? The changes in SourceForge repo looks quite significant, such as fixes to MP3 ID3 tagging.
I'd also suggest to include the DSD capabilities into mainline SoX, as the first entry in Google search of
sox dsd is
an article that reviews test results of SoX-DSD, which helpfully point to a
binary downloadable folder that is also the second entry in the Google search.
I observed that the SourceForge's mainline SoX repository has not included the necessary files for DSD conversion, such as
dsf.c
found in
https://github.com/mansr/sox/tree/master/src.
I was hoping that the DSD-enhanced SoX can make its way to the main repository and be released. This would allow the published SoX to be included in, for instance, Rygel's
playbin
via pipes. That would make a fully open source Linux headless DLNA renderer with PCM-to-DSD conversion possible. Alas it's not possible to do for now (the binary version I tried failed to pipe to
pw-dsdplay
).
I have no ABX proof, but trying DSD files converted using SoX-DSD sounds better on my setup. Not as big a difference compared to HQPlayer, but still better than unconverted PCM.