Chords New M -Scaler

[Sloop John B]

2 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

I just contacted the US distributor for a review unit. I'm guessing they won't be available for a while. 

 

 

 

It’s a tough job but I suppose someone has to do it. 

 

.sjb

[Sloop John B]

12 hours ago, Miska said:

 

 

 

 

P.S. I just tested setting one of my filters to million taps and upsampling to 16x PCM, CPU load on my oldish quad-core Xeon E5 consumes less than 5% of CPU time.

 

 

Can I suggest you take the opportunity created by all this publicity and create a new filter or alter a current one and call it xxxxxxx-2MT. (or 1MT). 

 

I realise you have previously questioned the usefulness of the TAPs numeration but it seems to have caught the imagination. I was always a bit amazed at how many DAVE owners were using HQP and maybe just maybe this is why the upscaler has come into existence?

 

It’s a great opportunity to sell more HQP as if there was a 1MT filter happy users like me could spread the word out there in other Hifi fora where HQP is barely known. 

 

.sjb

[Sloop John B]

2 hours ago, romaz said:

Lots of chest thumping and absolute claims about a product by people who have not yet even heard the product.  Debating theory is fine.  Looking at measurements and plots are important.  As a physician and clinical researcher, this is what I do every day and it is essential in my pursuit to improve the lives of my patients, however, in my pursuit of the enjoyment of music, the most important metrics are not quantitative ones but a single qualitative one.  The system that engages me the most to the music I love wins.  The system that most capably transports me to a different time and place wins.  End of argument.  Go ahead and tell me about how your latest DSD filter is supposed to be the best there is but if I listen to it and compare it and prefer something else, then there's nothing more to say.  My point is that you have to listen and compare and decide for yourself because there's simply no accounting for personal tastes.

 

I own HQPlayer.  I find it to be a powerful, versatile and affordable tool.  It definitely has merit.  I have heard many fine upsampling HQP servers with the SGM2015 perhaps being the best sounding of all.  I get together routinely with a group of audiophiles and we listen and compare different pieces of equipment.  With certain DACs, I'm happy to bring out my PC and upsample to DSD512 with HQP because it sounds better.  With other DACs, upsampling to high-res PCM sounds better.  And with Chord DACs, I find that HQPlayer doesn't add anything at all.  With poor recordings that are harsh and bright, I like what DSD does.  With well recorded music, especially unamplified acoustical recordings (i.e. large orchestral performances), I personally struggle with the softer transients of DSD and its relative lack of depth precision.  Go ahead and tell me I'm wrong.  I've listened and compared enough to know what I prefer.  In the end, it's not about the theoretical superiority of any one approach, it's about what sounds better and this is a very personal thing.  As someone who values transparency and resolution above all, I have yet to hear anything better than a Chord DAVE combined with an M-scaler.

 

 

Indeed it is strange that for some enthusiasts the proof of the pudding is not in the eating but rather in assessing the recipe. 

 

.sjb

[Sloop John B]

Would it not be easier to change the title of the thread?

 

Chord M scaler upsampling vs software upsampling - in theory and practice. 

 

And then start a new “official” chord m-scaler thread with just the on topic posts moved to it?

 

.sjb