macOS
Platform
Apple Silicon · ARM64
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DMP NEXUS VIRTUAL APPLIANCE. For macOS.
The DMP NEXUS VIRTUAL APPLIANCE brings the full audio stack — DMP NEXUS CORE and DMP NEXUS PLAYER, preconfigured — to your Mac as a UTM image. On Apple Silicon it runs natively in ARM64, with no emulation layer.
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DMP NEXUS VIRTUAL APPLIANCE
v0.0.1
WHY A VM
A parallel audio path for macOS.
macOS CoreAudio offers no end-to-end native DSD support. Rather than wait for it, the DMP NEXUS VIRTUAL APPLIANCE solves it structurally: it carries a complete, PipeWire-based Linux audio subsystem — running directly on your Mac's ARM64 architecture, with no emulation layer. Your audio files are seamlessly available in the VIRTUAL APPLIANCE — no copying, no synchronization.
That yields the full bit-perfect chain up to DSD512 and PCM384 in stereo — from the player to the DMP ONE. A real solution: this is the very appliance we run as our live demo.
WHAT'S INSIDE
What's inside. How it runs.
01 · PRECONFIGURED
Everything set up already
A complete Linux audio stack with DMP NEXUS CORE and DMP NEXUS PLAYER already configured. Import the image, start it, stream. Runs on Debian 13 (Trixie) with an XFCE desktop environment.
02 · NATIVE (ARM64)
Native on Apple Silicon
The Virtual Appliance uses your Mac's ARM64 architecture directly — no emulation layer. That keeps resource use low and the stream stable.
03 · FILE ACCESS
Transparent file access
The PLAYER reads the audio files stored locally on your Mac directly. No redundant storage inside the VM, no second library to maintain.
04 · LOCAL DAC
Your local DAC too
Beyond network streaming to the DMP ONE, the PLAYER also outputs DSD and PCM directly to a USB DAC connected to the Mac — over USB passthrough.
05 · VERIFIABLE
Bit-perfect, verifiable
Inside the VM, pw-top shows the sample rate, format, and stability of every active stream in real time; btop shows CPU, memory, and network. Nothing to take on faith.
06 · TESTED
Tested on real hardware
Tested on a MacBook Pro with Apple M4 Pro at moderate resource use. A DSD512 stereo stream sits around 45 Mbit/s — even bit-perfect streaming from the Qobuz web player in Firefox runs stably.
07 · EXTENSIBLE
Full root access
The appliance is yours, not a locked-down box. Sign in with full privileges (user: dmp, password: nexus) to install extra packages, adjust services, and shape the environment to fit your setup.
IN UTM
The full path, in plain sight.
Not a marketing render — the real audio path: from sender to sink, all inside a VM on the Mac, verifiable in real time.
SPECIFICATIONS
Specifications & system requirements.
Hypervisor
Base system
Debian 13 (Trixie) · XFCE4 desktop
Host platform
macOS on Apple Silicon — ARM64, native, no emulation
Included components
DMP NEXUS CORE and DMP NEXUS PLAYER, preconfigured
Max resolution
Up to DSD512 and PCM384, stereo · bit-perfect, end-to-end
Output
Network streaming to the DMP ONE and OpenHome-compatible renderers via SCD; plus a local USB DAC via USB passthrough
Network (typical)
DSD512 around 45 Mbit/s (5.6 MByte/s)
Verification tools
pw-top, btop (inside the VM)
Package
UTM image (.utm.zip) · v0.0.1