![]() ![]() I'm not trying to be contrary, just suggesting it seems quite odd to insist the developer make something that he does not recommend convenient for you. Certainly no one can argue with your preference, but then your preference is not for this software. So you know more about upsampling than the developer, and on that basis his software is inconvenient for you. So to sum it up, the Roon integration does not allow me to optimize the use of upsampling with HQP because every time I have to change upsampling rates and filters, Roon will loose the connection plus I find it simply inconvenient given the price of HQP. Usability stands right beside SQ in my mind. The point is that Demian does all of this a lot better than you IMHO but HQP sounds better - nothing else. You might argue, well, then use Audirvana, which I do and which I also have licensed. So even if HQP is all about upsampling as you say in fact it is with limitations, because otherwise it would allow me to set different upsampling rates per original sample rate just as Audirvana does. When I try both, most of my 44,1 material sounds better at 88,2 than at 192. I have read through hundreds of opinions about HQP on this forum, many people suggest to upsample from 44,1 to 88,2 but not from 44,1 to 192. You don't, just leave it output 192k 24-bit all the time. Now, you are suggesting not to touch the HQP GUI because then Roon would loose the connection, but how do I manually change the target sample rate for the 176,4 files without touching your GUI?Īre you planning to implement a selective up sampling feature such as in Audirvana with one of the next versions? In HQP I cannot do that, it is either all to 192 or all at the original rate, which makes all 176,4 files silent. In Audirvana I can select a particular bit-rate and only upsample that /176,4 to 192. ![]() I basically do not want to upsample but in case of 176,4 I have to as my DACs chip does not play that format. Now with my licensed version of HQP I might qualify for another issue / question: Because macOS also verifies all component signatures at startup time, it really has to go and load everything to do that.Įxzellent, thanks. It shouldn't make any difference, because all the components are loaded to RAM anyway when HQPlayer is started. Probably everybody is right and it just depends on the overall system. Some people say HQPlayer sounds better alone, some say vice versa. Not really, it should be largely the same. Note that if you touch HQPlayer GUI while Roon is connected, Roon will disconnect to avoid fighting with you on HQPlayer control. But generally things should work fairly well and I haven't been seeing problems recently. It was manifesting itself more clearly with HQPlayer Embedded 4.x which has different control stack implementation so we were able to locate it. :).There's at least one occasional communication problem that is fixed in upcoming Roon 1.3. Also, their motto is "Hear the Difference". Trust me or try it yourself ( they offer a free trial). As I've said before, no real rival in terms of sound output quality. If you only need to do one or two things, like process and serve music files, you can strip down the OS, removing many unnecessary processes, increasing the accuracy and speed of the one or two. Audirvana: The best sound you can get from streaming (IMHO) includes Remote control software.Īudirvana is simply "install-and-play-anything" kind of SW and even with native DAC in Macbook Air (early 2015), it sounds absolutly amazing. In a sense, applications like Amarra, Audirvana Plus, and Pure Music hot-wire the computer, bypassing certain parts of the OS to create better sound.THEIR HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER INTEGRATES THE TIDAL LIBRARY WITH NUMEROUS USER CONTROL OPTIONS FOR MQA,UPSAMPLING, VOLUME LEVELING AND DAC - AUDIRVĀNA STUDIO. miniDSP is a leading manufacturer of Digital Audio Signal Processors for the HomeTheater, Hifi, headphone and Automotive market. Tidal rewrote the PC program's playback, thoughts? There's also Audirvana and if you have your music on a Plex server, Plexamp is a really nice player. I don't have Roon, but perhaps that's part of what that service provides. I have thought it would be great if Apple Music or Marvis Pro could integrate all its rich detail into their interfaces, but they don't currently do so. Music Brainz - I don't actively use this resource, I usually go to Discogs or AllMusic. Help an old man with the LastFM, AppleMusic, BrainzPicard, Marvis big picture? Welcome to the rabbit hole, next step for lyrics (amongst many other significant benefits) is. It's pricing and mobile limitations are disqualifications for me, but it's tagging is simply phenomenal. ![]() IOS 16.3 Code Reveals Apple Continues to Work on Classical Music App It’s not cheap, and it takes some effort to fix some bad source data, but I’ve found it very rewarding and get a ton of enjoyment exploring my library now. It’ll do things like link covers and live performances of the same song together, or let you group multiple issues of the same album and switch between them. Roon handles metadata and relationships between entities the least bad of anything I’ve tried. Poor schemas, poor cataloguing: why music tagging sucks. ![]()
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