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HQPlayer benefits some DACs more than others, and NOS DACs benefit more because you can guarantee that there is no further DSP, dithering or other alteration going on and therefore the benefits of HQP's noise shaping and filtering can work to the fullest extent. Other stuff like filtering to the level of quality HQPlayer offers isn't done simply because the compute power required is too much to have it be done in a DAC internally without great expense and added challenge of noise/power consumption. Not all DACs have galvanic isolation for example. Sometimes improvements come because the DAC just doesn't have it as part of the design even though it perhaps should. Convenience has value.īut the best 'plug and play' DAC will also not be the best possible result you can get if you DO look into what could be done to improve things, and so it's worth looking into. There will be plenty of people that simply want the answer to 'What is the best DAC that I can plug and play'.
#Roon hqplayer upgrade
So whilst yes, each DAC will react differently to different source tweaks, the same can be said for anything.ĭifferent DACs will react differently to different digital sources, different DACs will rely more or less on dithering, different DACs will have DSP incorporated to various degrees.ĭifferent DACs will improve more or less from a PSU upgrade or external galvanic isolation. The combination of high performance oversampling AND high performance dithering/noise shaping can have quite an impact on sound (and is measurable). HQPlayer though is different as it is an oversampling player. And the DAC itself certainly sees no difference so any bitperfect player can reasonably be used to compare DACs. I understand some people disagree and that's fine but personally I have never found a difference with bitperfect players. Personally I do not find that regular players make any difference so long as they are bit-perfect.
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When playback starts you should be able to see the signal path by pressing the Indicator button next to the song title.With HQPlayer it's not really like normal players. In HQ Player Configuration / Network Audio Backend / Device select your Rendu / DAC combo.Ħ. In HQ Player Configuration / Generic / Backend select Network Adapter.ĥd. Go to Settings / HQ Player Server and click HQ Player Config.ĥc.
#Roon hqplayer how to
Since this is a simple setup guide and not a user guide please read this thread to catch up on how to setup HQ Player's various resampling features. It's time to setup HQ Player running on the sonicTransporter.ĥa. Step 4 is now complete and the Rendu is ready to accept streams from Roon / HQ Player running on the sonicTransporter.ĥ. Go to APPs / DAC Diagnostics and confirm that your USB device is listed and ready to use. Go to APPs / App Switcher and click HQ Player NAA.Ĥb. Enable the Rendu to accept streams from Roon / HQ Player running on the sonicTransporter.Ĥa. Step 3 is not complete and Roon is ready to stream to HQ Player.Ĥ. Go to Roon / Settings / Audio / HQ Player and enter a name for this device. Go to Roon / Settings / General / HQ Player and Add HQ Player.ģb. Set 2 is now complete and you are using Roon on your computer to control Roon on the sonicTransporter.ģa.
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Now Connect to the sonicTransporter core. Go to Roon / Settings / General and Disconnect Roon core from the computer you are currently running it on.Ģb. In order to turn this instance of Roon into the controller you need to do the following:Ģa. This instance of Roon will only be used to control the Roon core running on the SGC sonicTransporter. Open one instance of Roon on your computer or tablet.
#Roon hqplayer software
Go to APPs / Software Manager and click Update.Ģ. Go to APPs / Software Manager and click Update.ġc. Turn off all running instances of Signalyst HQ Player that you are using because the one installed on the SGC sonicTransporter will be used as the resampling core.ġb. This is a How to Guide for setting up a SGC sonicTransporter to stream from Roon to Signalyst HQ Player Embedded (both running on the SGC sonicTransporter) over the network to NAA running on a Rendu.