Bare in mind that, if you intend doing heavy computing conversions like RB->DS256, you probably need a powerful PC (possibly i7 class… you may ask for recommendations).
Furthermore, you can apply DRC and multi-channel in both PCM and DSD. The advantage is that through HQP you can apply DSP like PCM DSD in either direction and at any samplerate. The actual output will depend on HQP Settings. In Roon Audio Settings you choose HQPlayer as your output, either localhost or IP of network PC. How much? Contact bibo01 who can help you in Win a DAC may be capable of DSD512 whereas in OSX can do only DSD128.
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Therefore, if HQP PC is directly connected to DAC, it will inherit how the resident OS behaves with your particular DAC driver - i.e. HQP is going be charge of output, not Roon anymore.
You can run in the same PC where Roon Core is or send signal to a differnt PC with HQP in it. I do not pretend to be able to convince you I also have a lot of experience writing software and scripts, SQL Stored Procedures, etc. Vice president of IT actually and DBA for my company.
#Hqplayer roon upgrade
All my Redbooks have been ripped to FLAC, but I have also up converted several of my favorites to DSD 64 using JRivers 21.ġst: Which version of HQ Player do I get, how do I get it and for how much?Ģnd: How do I set it up, integrate it into my system? Will it be an advantage?ģrd: What will it improve: downloads, PCM or DSD (many DSD), Redbooks? Basically, if it is an upgrade for me, how does it work? Step by step on how I setup and configure this.īackground on me. I also have about 25 SA-CD disks which I assume HQ Player would not do anything for. Microsoft Surface Pro 3 as Roon controller Wyred 4 Sound (W4S) STP-SE: pre-amplifierįalcon Northwest Tiki Computer: customized and optimized to run Roon as headless dedicated music server
Here is my setup… how will I add HQ Player in and what will it do for me…
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Denon 1600NE (has its own internal PCM1795 DAC)Īlso have a SMSL Sanskrit 10th MKII on its way.Ok, make me a believer… and tell me how to set the thing up….I appreciate I may be misunderstanding the whole process when it comes to HQplayer! I'm really just asking if this is a viable solution rather than how to do it as I'm sure I could figure it out if it's possible. HQ Player upsampling and playing streams to my DAC.Foobar playing streams with HQ Player as an output.The Tidal Andriod Cast feature doesn't see the Tidal desktop app as a device (if it did I would quite happily forget all of this and use that instead!)Īnyway, the above set up works OK but I'm only getting around CD quality sound and I was wondering if upsampling using HQplayer would provide a benefit rather than having the DAC do it? If so, would it be possible to fit this bit of software into the setup I have above? Perhaps between step 3 and 4 - Something like: I tried the Cast feature in the Tidal Andriod App to a Chromecast but it didn't sound good. Reason I do this is because I like to use my phone to select tracks and get my PC to play them via my DAC. PC running BubbleUpnp Server delivering streams to Foobar.Andriod Phone running BubbleUpnp Client (Tidal).I currently use Tidal for all my music listening. I have been looking into HQplayer and was wondering if it would benefit me.