But there seems to be a custom use of the application that Taiko has engineered for their device. I know that a lot of Taiko Extreme users are happy with a Roon implementation using HQPlayer.
#Hqplayer vs jriver software
But it has its own interface problems, specifically around remotely controlling the software from a laptop. But the interface can't compete with Roon. Sound quality is better than Roon on my system (even with HQPlayer as output, strangely). Tried Euphony Stylus about a year ago on a dedicated server. Have used it in a single server setup, dual servers and a few tweaks in between. I started using Roon a couple of years ago. But given the rapid pace of change in this domain I thought it would be useful to see what others are discovering. And this is what I have been doing when it comes to playing music I carry in my DAPs.This is a common journey in our particular endeavor and not unvisited topic. With AKM, whether or not the DSD Direct feature is enabled depends on the DAC implementation.īack to the subject, DSD64 when compressed with WavPack creates very manageable file sizes as opposed to say FLAC compressed PCM 352.8 / 24 sources. With ESS you can never get rid of the HyperStream modulator for better or worse. Final ThoughtsCommentsI received many emails requesting a review of HQPlayer: A 260 piece of software that is potentially better than the 5,000 Chord Electronics Hugo M Scaler. Whether or not it will bypasses the internal delta sigma modulation of the DAC chip depends on the chip manufacturer and/or DAC designer. Without getting in to infamous PCM vs DSD war, I can say with DSD we at least get to bypass the internal digital interpolation filter that (most) PCM is subjected to in delta sigma DAC chips. Offline DSD conversion makes total sense since it's a very taxing processing specially when working with higher order modulators.
#Hqplayer vs jriver Offline
As Woland mentioned, if you totally rely on streaming services, keeping offline copies gets cumbersome. For 16x up-sampling, there is no option other than storing gigantic 705.6 / 786 kHz wave files.Ĭ. While FLAC and ALAC can handle sampling rates till 384 kHz, the file sizes are ridiculously big. Which means if we intend to defeat the internal digital reconstruction of the DAC chip, the sampling rate should be at least 352.8 / 384 kHz. Vast majority of DACs are Delta-Sigma chip based DACs which do 8x digital interpolation internally. An Rpi 4 will easily handle the load with more than enough room to spare in terms of CPU utilization.ī. PCM up-sampling even with long filters is still not as taxing as PCM-DSD modulation. I feel offline PCM conversion makes little sense.Ī. Built-in digital EQ is a bonus if you are into that. The downside is you need a more powerful computer than typical and it is more complex to use than JRiver or similar. I am hoping making it open source will engage other devs to contribute to this project.Ĭlick to expand.My stance on offline vs real-time conversion is somewhat divided. HQ Player is the obvious consensus answer according to the online comments of the most enthusiastic computer audiophile crowd. There are several things to optimize - latency being the #1 issue (by decreasing the buffer size in the pipeline. Or do in 2 cascaded stages with different custom window techniques. It can either do single stage 1M taps at 705600. While I am not a fan of quoting taps as an indication of how good a reconstruction filter is quoting them here since gullible audiophiles will eventually ask. Presently, doing 16x up-sampling for only Redbook content (705.6K) on Rpi 4. I tried many settings in HQPlayer but for some reason, although it recognises JPLAY Femto, HQPlayer does not start when I hit Play.
#Hqplayer vs jriver Pc
But it sounds much better to me (actually my dissatisfaction with HQPlayer was the sole reason I embarked on this journey, but I digress ). JPLAY Femto dual PC with HQPlayer - posted in JPLAY: Yesterday I set up dual PC with JPLAY Femto on both PCs and HQPlayer on the control PC for PCM playback. It's by no means a finished polished product like HQPlayer. Post that, I intend to make my DietPi based Rpi 4 image open source which serves as a Spotify Connect client or as a DLNA renderer (Tidal/Qobuz via Bubble UPnP) and then up-samples using my custom coefficients. I am waiting on Henrik ( camilladsp author) to complete a feature enhancement which would eliminate the need of SoX in my DSP pipeline.