M Scaler vs. HQPlayer

[kennyb123]

M-Scaler brings a greater improvement to my TT2.  Despite that I have moved to HQPlayer as I found that the music server matters even more.  My M-Scaler is up for sale now to help fund my music server upgrade.

 

Passing PGGB-processed files through M-Scaler degrades sound quality - even in bypass.  That’s another reason I no longer use M-Scaler.

[kennyb123]

2 hours ago, atxkyle said:

That's cool of you to be transparent and share knowledge on this, even though you're currently selling your MScaler. 

I should qualify my answer to say that M Scaler is better than HQPlayer when one is using an OPTO plus good BNCs.  I’d imagine there’s a good chance HQPlayer is better than the M-Scaler used with the BNC cables Chord provides.  

 

 

[kennyb123]

5 hours ago, MarkusBarkus said:

...IMO, the BNC cables provided by Chord for the HMS were ill-fitting junk. I knew this from other users, so I tried them for a very brief time and immediately swapped over to a good Straightwire pair.
 

I soon upgraded to the Wave cables, where I have been for a good while now. I have used Dave with and without HMS: I prefer it with HMS. No plan to add the Opto boxes. No plan for HQP upsampling. 

Somewhere else on this forum I mentioned that the BNC cables provided by Chord need to stay in the box.  Nice of them to include cables but one need not spend much money to beat them.  

 

While I haven't heard the WAVE cables, I'm sure you are in a great place.