Miska Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 On 2/7/2021 at 10:51 AM, Geoffrey Armstrong said: Surely on Mac you're limited to DoP, which maxes out at DSD128. Unless, of course, you're outputting to an NAA. The exasound dacs have an ASIO driver capable of DSD256 on Mac; but that ceased to work with HQPlayer from series 4. On macOS you can get DSD256 on many DACs through CoreAudio, as long as the DAC can represent 705.6/768k PCM capability (like RME ADI-2, which is always DoP on all OS). exaSound works up to DSD256 also through the CoreAudio driver, you don't need ASIO for that. Signalyst - Developer of HQPlayer Pulse & Fidelity - Software Defined Amplifiers Link to comment
Miska Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 18 hours ago, jacques_racine said: Roon 1.8 will be released soon. Jussi: did you get to test HQP? Should we wait before upgrading? Should be all fine, I don't see reason to hold off. Signalyst - Developer of HQPlayer Pulse & Fidelity - Software Defined Amplifiers Link to comment
CheapSplurge Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Miska said: Should be all fine, I don't see reason to hold off. What dither and dac bits is best for chord dacs, via optical with upsampling to 192? Link to comment
Miska Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, CheapSplurge said: What dither and dac bits is best for chord dacs, via optical with upsampling to 192? If you use USB, it is 32-bit interface and LNS15 shaper. With optical/coaxial/AES it is 24-bit interface and LNS15 shaper. So in these case, always remember to set DAC Bits to 24. CheapSplurge 1 Signalyst - Developer of HQPlayer Pulse & Fidelity - Software Defined Amplifiers Link to comment
fmzip Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 17 minutes ago, Miska said: If you use USB, it is 32-bit interface and LNS15 shaper. With optical/coaxial/AES it is 24-bit interface and LNS15 shaper. So in these case, always remember to set DAC Bits to 24. What about if you are using i2s upsampling to DSD? I have an LKS MH-DA004 DAC being fed from a Sonore UltraDigital&Ultrarendu Link to comment
CheapSplurge Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 45 minutes ago, Miska said: If you use USB, it is 32-bit interface and LNS15 shaper. With optical/coaxial/AES it is 24-bit interface and LNS15 shaper. So in these case, always remember to set DAC Bits to 24. OK thanks. So lns15 goes good with rverything. Am I limited to what filter I can have when using optical max 192k upsample? I'd like a filter that brings smoothness and laid back presentation. Buffer speed important? I'll only be using pcm. Link to comment
AudioDoctor Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 So... Anyone try HQP 4.10 yet? No electron left behind. Link to comment
Ipoci Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Any macOS Big Sur user with NAA? I just upgrade my MacBookPro from Mojave to BigSur ... HQP Desktop 3.25.6 doesn't work anymore with NAA I also tried HQP Desktop 4.0 just to double check and but no sound at all ... HQPD4.0 just show additional info (see below) Any clue? Link to comment
Miska Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 37 minutes ago, fmzip said: What about if you are using i2s upsampling to DSD? I have an LKS MH-DA004 DAC being fed from a Sonore UltraDigital&Ultrarendu I2S is capable of 32-bit, but rest depends on what is behind the I2S. Since it is unidirectional like S/PDIF and AES, there's no information coming back about the DAC behind it. So the choice depends on the DAC and how the I2S interface in question operates. But ESS chip in itself is 32-bit capable. Signalyst - Developer of HQPlayer Pulse & Fidelity - Software Defined Amplifiers Link to comment
Miska Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 9 minutes ago, CheapSplurge said: OK thanks. So lns15 goes good with rverything. Am I limited to what filter I can have when using optical max 192k upsample? I'd like a filter that brings smoothness and laid back presentation. Buffer speed important? I'll only be using pcm. LNS15 is good if you can do at least 352.8k, but not so much for lower rates. For 192k you should use NS9. For Chord, it would be optimal to feed it always 705.6/768k rate. You could try poly-sinc-short-mp and poly-sinc-ext2. CheapSplurge 1 Signalyst - Developer of HQPlayer Pulse & Fidelity - Software Defined Amplifiers Link to comment
Miska Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, Ipoci said: Any macOS Big Sur user with NAA? I just upgrade my MacBookPro from Mojave to BigSur ... HQP Desktop 3.25.6 doesn't work anymore with NAA I also tried HQP Desktop 4.0 just to double check and but no sound at all ... Yes, for example Mac Mini M1 with Big Sur to a NAA. No problems. Does the Mac see the NAA in first place? It is not unusual for IPv6 to fail on macOS, so you may get # errors shown on status bar and things may still work fine. HQPlayer log could tell what is going on. Also check that you don't have unused network interfaces active, like WiFi if you are connecting to a NAA through wired. Signalyst - Developer of HQPlayer Pulse & Fidelity - Software Defined Amplifiers Link to comment
wolft Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Hello, does it make sense to wait for the i9-11900k and Z590 boards or is the Mac Mini M1 enough? Are there any significant changes to the HQPlayer expected with the I9-11900k? Best regards Wolft Link to comment
Ipoci Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, Miska said: HQPlayer log could tell what is going on. Yep. NAA is seen from HQPD 3.25.6 via IPv4 ... I did a try with Pcm upsampled to DSD, DSD updampled to DSD and DSD native too ... same result HQPlayer.log Link to comment
highsinad Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Miska said: Which Linux are you using? You need either HQPlayer OS or Ubuntu/Debian with my custom kernel. In addition you must use Intel USB controller built to the motherboard. Alternatively you can set DAC Bits to 16 and use suitable noise shaping like LNS15, NS9 or NS5 and then it works on any kernel or macOS. @Miska I am using windows 10 with HQPlayer 4 desktop on an AMD based computer Link to comment
Miska Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 17 minutes ago, wolft said: Hello, does it make sense to wait for the i9-11900k and Z590 boards or is the Mac Mini M1 enough? Are there any significant changes to the HQPlayer expected with the I9-11900k? Well, the 11900K is much more powerful than M1. The difference is what kind of filters you can run along with the modulators. Signalyst - Developer of HQPlayer Pulse & Fidelity - Software Defined Amplifiers Link to comment
Miska Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 10 minutes ago, Ipoci said: Yep. NAA is seen from HQPD 3.25.6 via IPv4 ... I did a try with Pcm upsampled to DSD, DSD updampled to DSD and DSD native too ... same result HQPlayer.log 10.46 kB · 0 downloads In the log I can just see the NAA being disconnected when playback is started. You may want to check what kind of error there is at the NAA side. Signalyst - Developer of HQPlayer Pulse & Fidelity - Software Defined Amplifiers Link to comment
Miska Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, highsinad said: @Miska I am using windows 10 with HQPlayer 4 desktop on an AMD based computer OK, if it doesn't work, you may need to resort to WASAPI backend and setting DAC Bits to 16. Signalyst - Developer of HQPlayer Pulse & Fidelity - Software Defined Amplifiers Link to comment
Popular Post MemoryPlayer Posted February 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2021 1 hour ago, AudioDoctor said: So... Anyone try HQP 4.10 yet? Yes and it sounds the same as 4.90! arglebargle and AudioDoctor 1 1 Link to comment
Popular Post blueninjasix Posted February 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2021 20 minutes ago, MemoryPlayer said: Yes and sound the same as 4.90! I'm another early adopter. It's running fine and I agree it sounds as great as ever. I had previously reverted back to 4.9.0 from 4.9.2 but I'm sticking with 4.10.0 AudioDoctor, Account Closed and MemoryPlayer 1 2 i5 7600 fanless pc running Ubuntu 22.04 and HQPlayer Desktop > Cisco switch > 10Gtek fibre network > Raspberry Pi4 HQPlayerNAA > IFi purifier 3 > SRC-DX > Chord Qutest > Jotunheim 2 preamplifier > Ncore monoblocks > KEF R5 speakers. Link to comment
bibo01 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 On 2/6/2021 at 8:16 AM, bibo01 said: @MiskaI need some assistance for a friend of mine... He uses HQPlayer in Windows and recently I updated the driver with the new version of the Merging driver (he has a Nadac). For compatibility reasons he tried to put the old driver back, at that point HQPlayer stopped starting. That is, if it's launched HQPlayer gave no sign of life, as if it was not launched at all. This happened with version 4.5.1 as well as the latest 4.9.2. No trace in Task Manager, HQPlayer does not start. Another Asio music player continues to work regularly, but HQPlayer does not. Do you have any suggestions? Some missing library? @MiskaAny idea about the above? How curious are you? Link to comment
Miska Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, bibo01 said: @MiskaAny idea about the above? No, what I've tested with latest Hapi firmware and latest Merging driver things work. (on stock Windows 10 installation) bibo01 1 Signalyst - Developer of HQPlayer Pulse & Fidelity - Software Defined Amplifiers Link to comment
highsinad Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Miska said: OK, if it doesn't work, you may need to resort to WASAPI backend and setting DAC Bits to 16. @Miska Hmm still didn't work. I appreciate the help though! Link to comment
Popular Post AudioDoctor Posted February 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 hour ago, MemoryPlayer said: Yes and it sounds the same as 4.90! 1 hour ago, blueninjasix said: I'm another early adopter. It's running fine and I agree it sounds as great as ever. I had previously reverted back to 4.9.0 from 4.9.2 but I'm sticking with 4.10.0 Now that's good news, I will give it a go! MemoryPlayer and blueninjasix 1 1 No electron left behind. Link to comment
Miska Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 14 minutes ago, highsinad said: @Miska Hmm still didn't work. I appreciate the help though! Yeah, not sure if the Windows driver behaves similarly as Linux and macOS driver does... I've only tried on Intel chipsets where the Windows driver worked fine. Signalyst - Developer of HQPlayer Pulse & Fidelity - Software Defined Amplifiers Link to comment
bibo01 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 37 minutes ago, Miska said: No, what I've tested with latest Hapi firmware and latest Merging driver things work. (on stock Windows 10 installation) Thanks. We are in the dark. Any other player works with Merging driver. HQP doesn't even start even after a re-installation. Could it be a missing/changed library? Maybe a graphic library?! Any help is welcomed. How curious are you? Link to comment
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