Hello Karl,
Thx a lot for following up. Yes, you're correct. iTunes won't take .DSF / .DFF files natively.
Yet, the common import of various DSD ISOs is well under control as long as the SACD does contain a stereo signal in the .ISO
To extract data from .ISO I have these tools at my disposal:
TraX and iso2dsd_OSX_v5 for ISO to DSF conversion.
Once I have a stereo .DSF or .DFF file I can convert these files literally into to any common audio format.
The tools in my box for .DSF to Apple Lossless conversion are:
TraX, PhonoPhile, DSDmaster, or XLD for DSF to iTunes conversion.
Now, to play HighRes music I can use VLC, iTunes or more preferred Audirvana Plus 2.0.
Audirvana Plus 2.0 in stand alone mode can import, read and play multi channel .DSD files as stereo.
However, I have problems converting multi channel .DSF files to Apple Lossless that actually iTunes accepts. I have had no issue to convert 24/192k stereo .DSF files into Apple Lossless, and they play well under iTunes management. But these multi channel .DSF files are nasty, and the resulting Apple Lossless files won't be imported by iTunes at all.
Question is:
Who can suggest a way under OS X to only extract the FL and FR as main stereo signals out of multi channel .ISO or .DSF files? I am almost certain, they'll then work with iTunes after conversion too.
Cheers!
Michael