We are not looking for ultimate truth. We are looking for some truth. Just do the test blind and match levels. Such conversion can easily change levels.I do not pretend to be the ultimate truth.
We are not looking for ultimate truth. We are looking for some truth. Just do the test blind and match levels. Such conversion can easily change levels.I do not pretend to be the ultimate truth.
It's time to step out of the audio bs matrix.but I'm only getting around CD quality sound
HQplayer - do I need it?
No it does not. He is extremely responsive on Audiophile Style and Roon.HQplayer support from the developer sucks!!!
I wanted to try this but didnt get very far. I wanted to try between Roon and Roon with HQ Player and I was also wondering about PCM or DSD too. However I have struggled to match levels in Roon even before bringing HQ Player into the mix. In preperation I watched Amirs' video on controlled tests which was really interesting. I even went as far as talked (bribed) my daughter into the role of tester, but I wasnt happy the levels were matched, so I paused the effort and have not gone back. I would like to know if I do have confirmation bias. If anyone else has done this I would be interested to know the results and method.We are looking for some truth. Just do the test blind and match levels. Such conversion can easily change levels.
I thought Roon was doing a great job, but in short HQPlayer blows it out of the water.
Happy 4th!
I purchased a license the other dsy after brief testing. HQPlayer is a pain to test with the 30 time limit, but setup was really easy. I have a desktop with an i7 and Nvidia 1080ti running HQPlayer Desktop. I'm upconverting to DSD256: SDM,sinc-M,ASDM7ECv2. I thought Roon was doing a great job, but in short HQPlayer blows it out of the water. HQPlayer is more concise, weightier, dynamic, and musical in comparison. Instruments have separation, weight, all of the spacial detail you can stand. Its just an immensly enjoyable, detailed, and most importantly, musical presentation.
I tried PCM and DSD using all of the filters. I wasn't impressed until I upconverted to DSD256.
Of course.All this in a sighted, non level matched comparison I am assuming?
We are not looking for ultimate truth. We are looking for some truth. Just do the test blind and match levels. Such conversion can easily change levels.
Move your head 5cm it will make far more difference, cheaper too,
Keith
This is a good reminder, I defintely don't use HQPlayer to this extent. I do have Home Audio Fidelity cross-talk reduction filters which I plug into the software.I think everyone here only think HQPlayer is only for upsampling?
For me it is my DSP engine for 3-way DSP crossover speakers plus 2 subs with digital room correction (65k tap FIR filter created with Audiolense XO) and headphones EQ/correction
And I can feed (bit perfectly) Amazon Music UHD and Apple Hi-Res or any source through HQPlayer's DSP engine to do all the above.
You can't do this with Roon...
I could do what HQP does with software on PC/Mac/Linux too but it is way more clunky and needs keyboard/monitor/mouse interaction.
In my case with HQP I do it all through one DSP engine that I can control from an iPad and at the same time, the digital filtering is highest quality.
I can even change room correciton profiles (different bass profiles) while the music is playing, using an iPad from my couch.... HQPlayer runs headless on Ubuntu Server on the other side of the house. Far from listening room. Inside the listening room is just a HQPlayer endpoint running on fanless and headless on RPi4...
I think some people need some greater understanding that HQPlayer is not just a cheaper software M-Scaler thing...
If someone is just going to measure HQPlayer to compare with M-Scaler, with a great measuring DAC, it would cause a yawn. It is a tiny piece of HQPlayer capability.
Maybe @amirm could review HQPlayer? I enjoyed this article on Archimago's Musings. I know its not a review of all of the functionality, but still, an interesting read.So I hope in future @amirm has a bit more of an informed opinion, the next time he hints that there is no need to spend money on HQPlayer.
Only time will tell
With HQPlayer you can literally feed any digital or even analogue source and do everything I've described above.
Not possible with Roon... and more clunky with every other software solution I've tried and I've tried nearly all.
There is even an older review of HQPlayer 3.25Kind of like Archimago's review of HQPlayer.
There is even an older review of HQPlayer 3.25
MEASUREMENTS: A Look At HQPlayer 3.25; Filtering, Dithering and DSD Conversion.
A blog for audiophiles about more objective topics. Measurements of audio gear. Reasonable, realistic, no snakeoil assessment of sound, and equipment.archimago.blogspot.com
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