HQ Player

[MemoryPlayer]

Miska,

 

I bought your HQPlayer for Windows, but after upgrade the hard drive system to APFS, I can't anymore reinstall the Windows with bootcamp, so I can't listen DSD512 up, neither my HQPlayer.

Is it possible use my license key with Mac OS version or at least while this APFS issue remains?

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9 minutes ago, Le Concombre Masqué said:

yes you can reinstall W. google and you'll find what I found

I already tried everything and nothing! Anyway, thanks for the tip.

[MemoryPlayer]

4 hours ago, Le Concombre Masqué said:

google tmutil thinlocalsnapshots / 9999999999999999

This doesn't work!

[MemoryPlayer]

6 hours ago, Le Concombre Masqué said:

it did work for me

Thank you, but not for me! Nothing that I tried works, and I don't know the reason.

I really want use Asio with DSD512 upsampling, for this I bought the HQPlayer.

[MemoryPlayer]

On 7/2/2018 at 7:26 PM, Miska said:

And of course, for dealing with library, HQPlayer has the two different interfaces, plus third-party ones like HQPDcontrol, muso and Alchemy in addition to Roon and HQPlayer's own two interfaces.

 

When we'll have HQPDControl for iOS Miska?

[MemoryPlayer]

Jussi,

Why can I use xtr and xtr mp with ADMS7 when upsampling from any rate of DSD to DSD512, but from PCM I can use only -2s variations of the same filters? The sound quality is much better with non -2s xtr filters!

Thx

[MemoryPlayer]

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22 hours ago, MemoryPlayer said:

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Every windows user here, should try this marvelous software!

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On 8/14/2018 at 4:37 PM, RamUwe said:

I use the same MBP with PCM any rate to DSD512 only with -2s xtr filters, but with any DSD rate to DSD512 xtr non -2s, but only with bootcamp, Windows 10 Pro, Asio driver and blackbird software!

 

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Thanks, Miska. Everything works now as expected. And thanks for the discount. I already bought the license.

 

Maybe a stupid question: I've got a MBP 2017 with i7 3,1GHz. Which upsampling rates (PCM/DSD) are possible with non -2s filters without stuttering? Any experiences? 24bit/96kHz (PCM) runs without any problems.

 

[MemoryPlayer]

Miska,

 

With my top of the line 13"MacBook Pro late 2017, I can only do -2s filter variants for DSD512 upsampling, using bootcamp with Windows 10 Pro and Asio.

If I buy an external eGPU, will be possible I use poly-sinc (more ex2 and xtr) and closed-form ones?

If so, which external USB-C eGPU's do you recommend for use with my setup, giving me the best performance?

 

Thanks a lot.

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2 hours ago, Miska said:

 

I have not tested such setup, so I cannot promise anything. But if you put the new GeForce RTX 2080 in external enclosure, it could be able to do that, although the Thunderbolt connection will be some amount of bottleneck compared to internal 16x PCIe. However, HQPlayer doesn't really consume so much bandwidth between CPU and GPU so the bandwidth bottleneck there shouldn't be an issue. With audio, the amount of data to transfer is much smaller than with graphics (especially something like 4K video).

 

For me, I have now RTX 2080 in my i7 7700K desktop, and it can now do xtr filter from 44.1k PCM to 22.5792M DSD512.

Thanks Miska.

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6 hours ago, Miska said:

How much costs this stuff?

Which DAC chipset?

Sounds strange that is only DSD256 and 768 PCM...

 

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RME ADI-2 DAC, warm recommendation from my side. Up to 768/32 PCM and DSD256 (including 48k x256) on any platform.

 

Just remember to turn on DSD Direct mode to disable PCM conversion. This means that it doesn't have volume control (because it is digital). Which also means forgetting about using it's headphone output with DSD Direct (not supported due to lack of volume control).

 

 

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35 minutes ago, Miska said:

 

I have not tried it, and based on what I've read I don't want to try it. I anyway use iFi DACs only in DSD mode and recommend others to do the same. I don't have MQA firmware in any of my iFi DACs and thus neither that filter. I don't need MQA, I don't want MQA and especially I cannot accept the things they removed to make space for that functionality in the XMOS MCU.

GREAT ANSWER! I hate this new MP3, MQA is a JOKE...

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What happened by here?

Two days and no posts...

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14 hours ago, Miska said:

XLD!

 

FLAC, AIFF and WAV can contain all the relevant metadata in a proper way. CUE sheets are really awkward way.

 

There are probably tools that can convert files with CUE sheets to proper FLAC tracks.

 

 

[MemoryPlayer]

Miska,

 

Is there a specific topic here about HQPlayer OS?

May I boot my MacBook Pro with that image?

I'm sorry if this subject was posted before here!

 

Thanks,

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17 minutes ago, Miska said:

 

If the MacBook is new enough, it may need some firmware setting changes to make T2 security chip allow booting a non-Apple/Microsoft OS

But OTOH, trying it out from a USB memory stick is easy...

 

Mine is 2017, not T2!

Did you try with your Mac?

Someone else by here tried?

 

 

P.S.: I will try with an i5 Lenovo Think Pad notebook!

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7 hours ago, Le Concombre Masqué said:

Yes, works perfectly fine with my mid 2012 MBPr

 

I'm limited to 5EC with PCM, ASDM7 with DSD sources but that's a horsepower issue not a Mac vs PC issue : if your Mac is more powerful than the Lenovo, use the Mac

 

just etch the image and press the option key at boot to select it : that simple

Thanks a lot!

Keyboard and trackpad work fine?

[MemoryPlayer]

5 hours ago, Miska said:

 

Just send it always DSD data. If you can, DSD256 with the EC modulators. Otherwise ADSM7 at DSD512.

 

ASDM7EC at DSD256 sounds better than AMSDM7 512+fs at DSD512?

BTW AMSDM7 512+fs is not a typo? Is not the correct ASDM7 512+fs?

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23 hours ago, Miska said:

 

Yes, ASDM5EC or ASDM7EC at DSD256 can perform better than something else at higher rate. You can try and compare how it is for you.

 

I'm trying Poly Sinc Linear + ASDM7EC at DSD256 with MacBook Pro core i7 late 2017 & OS X Catalina, but it demands so much CPU power than ASDM7 and ASDM7 f256+ and the music doesn't flow! What I have to do?

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1 hour ago, Miska said:

If you select some other filter like poly-sinc-ext2 or poly-sinc-xtr, the initialization goes faster.

 

What is the least CPU demand filter for use with DSD256 ASDM7EC?

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30 minutes ago, Miska said:

 

I would say any poly-sinc -2s variant or -ext2 are so light compared to ASDM7EC modulator, that if a computer can run such modulator, the CPU load posed by said filters is pretty small.

 

Is DSD128 with ASDM7EC modulator better sound than DSD256 with any modulator combination except ASDM5EC and ASDM7EC?

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56 minutes ago, ericuco said:

 

Why not try for yourself and see what YOU like best? This generally comes down to personal taste and equipment (e.g. DAC).

 

I can play DSD512 com bootcamp and Win10 (except ASDM5EC or ASDM7EC).

MBP & OS X Catalina DSD256 doesn't play these modulators, this is the reason for the question...

When I can compare, I trust in my ears and don't ask!

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1 hour ago, LoryWiv said:

I have  reached the conclusion that yes it is, but of course that's in my system / my ears. I find the EC modulators to be the most natural and musical, without sacrificing "technicalities" for lack of a better word. I can run ASDM7EC with almost any filter at DSD128 and invariably prefer it to non-EC modulators at DSD256. 

Thank you! Non-EC modulators now sound fat and veiled for me, even to DSD512.

I also think the odd transparency with EC modulators is unmatched by any other non-EC ones!

Sounds as EC combined with DSD512 by now is nirvana.

Misha needs work with EC variations that drawn less CPU power..., PLEASE.