freesteve Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Commentys on this are appreciated. How does it compare to J River? Thank you. HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 Thank you... for some reason I never got the code with the trial so I cannot try this recommended program. When I requested a new download the trial key was accepted as expired. I contacted Signalyst and that went no where. Such is life... HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 TU 4est HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 Ok... I have bought it based upon the previous comments. I will always gamble when it comes to my listening experience. So how do I get the manual for it as referenced in the help section. Thanks for your help. HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 Got it TU HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted May 1, 2014 Author Share Posted May 1, 2014 enjoying the player very nicely.... Thanks for all the support HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted May 3, 2014 Author Share Posted May 3, 2014 The more I play with this amazing program the more I enjoy it... especially if I run fidelizer first. HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 HQ just plays whatever you include as a source, flac, wma, etc. It is highly adjustable on so many varied levels of tweaking. Try it out and decide for yourself. There is a trial included. Enjoy. HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 I just wish to thank Jussi for all his time and effort to allow me to make my Mac play music better.... HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 It is exceptionally a superb player and well worth the investment. Go for it! HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 3.4.1 is out and there is no link on the facebook site?? HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 Thank you... HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 such a wonderful player on my Mac... have some patience with the developer... HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Anyone have a DAC2 with your HQ Player for Mac? What are your preferred settings?? HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 I wish Miska would incorporate a left and right balance. HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Upgrading to OSX Yosemite is a real plus with HQ Player.... Very impressed! More detail, much more. HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Upgraded and HQ Player is even more detailed with richer sound, IMHO. HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted October 19, 2014 Author Share Posted October 19, 2014 I do not know what your budget is for a DAC, but I am very pleased with my DAC2 HGC (Benchmark) and the com,pany is excellent to work with... Ok I will be more specific. I have been an audiophile for ages and had a lot of equipment run through my home. I have been using mostly Jriver for the past two years although I have foobar and occasionally use that. I read about HQplayer on the forums and download it to try. I was not expecting anything special but I was in for a very big surprise. Here, to be specific, is the difference between Jriver and HQPlayer both set to upscale to 176K. HQPlayer presents a bigger soundstage with much greater sense of the recording space. Instruments are placed more accurately within the stage both in width and depth. Layering is fantastic but the single most exceptional difference is the purity of the tone of instruments. This is the first time since my vinyl days that I had the real sense that the instruments are in the room with me. I listen to mostly classical and the realism with HQPlayer is positively spooky. I have never heard digital produce such accurate piano or violin tone. There is absolutely no digital edge to anything. The sound is so liquid it is remarkable and this is with redbook. I can only imagine what this would do if I used HQPlayer to upscale to dsd. I plan to get a dsd player and find out. The UI in HQPlayer is terrible compared to either Jriver or foobar but I can live with all that for the sound. I have over a thousand classical recordings stored in folders. Most are flac and many are in a single flac file with cue sheet. Jriver and foobar accept the cue sheets directly and correctly display the tracks. HQPlayer does not. I have to use cue tools to split my flac files into individual tracks for those tracks to appear properly in HQPlayer. It is a large and time consuming task but I will do it to maintain this level of sound performance. Once you have heard this there is no going back. I am now seriously in the hunt for a dsd dac to replace my D18. HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 3.5.0 version is out, but I cannot drag file into player? HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 I am on Yosemite. Drag and drop is the only way I play music files. Should I upgrade or wait? WAIT! Miska will fix... HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted November 5, 2014 Author Share Posted November 5, 2014 Miska DSD5v3 is AWESOME thank you! It is awesome... I just will be 100 % satisfied once the "drag & drop" is fixed on 3.5 Good things are worth waiting for ... Great things are so much more! HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 I just download and install version 3.51, but still no luck with drag and drop in yosemite Beta works for me... Thanks Miska HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 cannot always drag & drop with the beta using flac files HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 cannot always drag & drop with the beta using flac files ... but I can drag and drop a folder with flac tracks and then they are recognized and playable... HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
freesteve Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 Beta version (3.50.1) has been flashing with white light in background when it loads. Anyone else experiencing this... Just began in last couple of hours..... HQ Player (#1) & Audrivana (#2) (wow! love the Apple w/music!!) .. these two software make my system "Amazing!", Purist USB- Benchmark DAC2 HGC (love it!), Purist Audio XLR , ATC SCM25A's (To Die For!) & Focal sub6 . Triode Power Cables with Uber Buss (Yes!) Also enjoy Audeze LCD3 w/"fat pipe cardas." Link to comment
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