HQ Player

[evkatz]

Hi there.  Just installed HQPlayer 4, and I'm trying not to lose my mind by fiddling with the settings.  The "Ordinary Person's" Guide is a couple of years old, so I'd love some advice for my set up.  My DAC is a DCS Paganini.  Max 192 sample rate, I think.

 

1.  Which is preferred - outputting to PCM or DSD?

2.  I listen to mostly studio recorded rock/pop.   Have a powerful CPU.  What are your filter and dither/modulator suggestions?

3.  What should I set my bit rate at, on the SDM/DSD side?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  

[evkatz]

Thanks so much to everyone for their help on my DCS Paganini question... One more question.  In HQ ver 4, what are the "Filter Nx" and the "Oversampling Nx" choices for?

[evkatz]

11 hours ago, Le Concombre Masqué said:

The idea is to best the DACs, their modulators, filters, processing power,  etc, by better ones provided by HQP and better run by a powerful computer ; however due to the prestige of dCS, I'd be interested to know what your ears prefer

 

I would let DSD 64 be DSD 64 and check Direct in DSD settings (but if you use convolution filters)

 

I would upsample all PCM to 192 with Closed Form and shaped dithering ; I'd try none too and play with the dCS filters

 

(nowadays) I don't like mp filters

 

 

Hi there.  When you refer to "closed form and shaped dithering" which filter/dither setting do you suggest?  And what, nowadays do you prefer over the mp filters?  thanks much!