HQplayer 4 and Mac-mini M1

[The Computer Audiophile]

3 hours ago, mitch751 said:

Just bought a Mac Studio Ultra .. running HQ Player with the following setting : very smooth with no issue at all ...  In term of fan ... damn quiet .. can't hear any even with my ears so closed to it

My wallet hurts just looking at this. I want one so bad. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

I’d love to know if it can handle 48k x DSD256 for 12 channels and MP filters, plus 65,000 tap convolution filters. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 minute ago, mickstuh said:

Newbie question. Mac Mini – I have a choice between 2018 i5 64gb RAM or M1 with 16GB RAM. Do want to do DSD upsampling. Which one?

M1

[The Computer Audiophile]

The nice thing is these tests are all free to try :~)

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

10 minutes ago, Schafheide said:

I recently broke my golden rule, when I hastily upgraded to Ventura!

Can someone recommend a simple, fool-proof method to downgrade my Mini M1 to Monterey?

Ouch. 

 

I researched doing this before upgrading, just incase I needed to do it. 

 

I think the main ways to do this are Time Machine backup, macOS Recovery, a bootable USB installer. 

 

Booting with Shift+Option+Command+R: Reinstalls the factory-shipped macOS. Given it's an M1, it's probably Monterey? However, it nukes your apps and data I believe. Not positive.

 

I think a bootable Monterey installer may be what you want. 

 

Download Monterey here - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/macos-monterey/id1576738294?mt=12

 

Then follow this - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

15 minutes ago, Schafheide said:

So if I did this, then copied the Time Machine backup - it would work?

If yes, this would be easier than making a boot installer?

Yes, this should work. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

6 hours ago, juniorbudel said:

Is anyone already using HQP in Sonoma? Observations?