OPEN SOURCE FOUNDATION
Built on foundations worth building on.
Our architecture builds on established open-source solutions. None of it is a shortcut. All of it is a deliberate choice — and one we value fully.
OUR POSITION
Why we chose open foundations.
Audio engineering is full of proprietary stacks that hide their internals. The justification is usually some combination of "performance," "differentiation," or "intellectual property protection." We are skeptical of all three claims when applied to fundamental software like operating systems, audio engines, and protocol implementations.
The Linux kernel has been peer-reviewed by thousands of engineers over three decades. Audacious has been refined by audio enthusiasts since 2005. PipeWire is the work of dedicated developers committed to better Linux audio. These foundations are not lesser because they are open. They are stronger.
Our engineering budget went where it actually makes a difference: The CORE and its custom drivers. The software that makes the system useful. As well as the PLAYER.
THE FULL STACK
What runs inside the DMP NEXUS Ecosystem.
The software stack is built on open-source foundations.
OS & AUDIO INFRASTRUCTURE
The system layer that talks to applications.
On Linux, we use PipeWire for audio routing. The DMP NEXUS CORE provides a PipeWire sink. On Windows, our ASIO and WASAPI/WAVERT drivers reflect the current state of the art.
PLAYER FOUNDATION
The heart of DMP NEXUS PLAYER.
DMP NEXUS PLAYER builds on Audacious — an open-source audio player refined by audio enthusiasts for two decades. We have extended Audacious with plugins for DSD playback. On Windows, we additionally offer an ASIO output plug-in.
NETWORKING & STREAMING
The protocols that connect everything.
Audio streaming via the OpenHome Songcast Direct (SCD) protocol, the audio pipeline, and the UPnP server functionality in the DMP ONE are handled through established open-source libraries that we have extended.
LICENSES
Full license documentation.
Every open-source component used by us is documented in our open-source downloads section: per-product End-User License Agreements plus the full third-party notices listing each library's name, version, license type, license text, and source URL.
THE COMMUNITY
Thank you.
To the developers, maintainers, and contributors of every open-source project named on this page — and the many smaller ones we did not name individually: this product would not exist without your work. Your decades of refinement, your peer review, your dedication to doing things well rather than quickly. We do not take it for granted. We honor your licenses. We contribute where we can.