- DAC FOR ROON AND HQPLAYER HOW TO
- DAC FOR ROON AND HQPLAYER UPDATE
- DAC FOR ROON AND HQPLAYER FULL
- DAC FOR ROON AND HQPLAYER SOFTWARE
DAC FOR ROON AND HQPLAYER SOFTWARE
You'll need the right software to do this. 7z needs to be (1) expanded and then (2) burned to an SD-Card and then (3) configured for the hardware. Hqplayer-embedded-4.24.2-raspberrypi4.7z.asc Optionally you can verify the integrity of the download using the file called To start, download the bootable image from halfway down this page:Īt the time of writing, the file you want is named hqplayer-embedded-4.24.2-raspberrypi4.7z, but there may be a newer version. The Pi4 will have to be connected to the network by a cable, and to a DAC by USB or a Pi-Hat like Pi2AES, HiFiBerry etc To do the setup you’ll need (a) a Pi 4 to run the software, (b) an SD Card, and (c) a computer to burn the software image we’ll download onto the SD-Card and configure the SD-Card.
DAC FOR ROON AND HQPLAYER FULL
HQPlayer OS is a full custom OS built specifically for running HQPlayer Embedded and nothing else. In this article I'm using HQPlayer OS, running on a Raspberry Pi 4. There are multiple ways to setup HQPlayer in an audio chain. A license costs around USD250 which seems fair. HQPlayer runs for 30 minutes at a time without buying a license. Using this guide should mean you can stride past those hurdles. The terminology, the documentation and the interface is not easy to navigate.
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HQPlayer is very satisfying once it is set up, but it's tough to get started. Here's how HQPlayer is setup for me: streaming mostly from Roon which transmits a 44.1kHz Tidal or FLAC stream over the network to the Pi, where HQPlayer Embedded runs a high-tap upsampling and DSP filter and passes it onto my Gungnir DAC as 4x upsampled, 176.4kHz PCM. The Pi4 happily runs high-tap filters, similar to a Chord M-Scaler, including closed form filters similar to the SuperComboBurrito in Schitt's premium DACs. That's fantastic when you already have a Pi4 feeding a Pi2AES, HiFiBerry HAT, a similar audio board or are using a Pi4 to feed a DAC by USB. That isn't true anymore and you can get great performance using a Raspberry Pi 4 to crunch the data. Not something I've tried.īy reputation HQPlayer is computationally intensive and requires a gaming computer. * Speaker and matrix processing to mix channels, digitally crossover speakers etc. * Convolution filters to do DSP correction for headphones and speakers * Upsampling with a lot of flexibility and control available * Acts as an endpoint for Roon, Audirvana, BubbleUPNP etc, or can stream audio onto another Network Endpoint like a Pi running Ropieee If you're looking to feed upsampled DSD to a DAC, don't follow this guide. HQPlayer is easy to setup and use on your desktop and you'll get most of the benefits of this setup. Many of us already have these Pi4's for Pi2AES or other audio HATs, so there is no extra hardware needed and we benefit from the high quality digital outputs.ĭon't follow this thread unless you already have a Pi-based streamer or are set on getting one. I would rate the impact of introducing HQPlayer as similar to what I achieved from a major headphone/speaker upgrade.Īfter much experimenting I've found an inexpensive Pi4 is able to run sophisticated HQPlayer digital reconstruction filters that greatly exceed the capability built into DACs.
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DAC FOR ROON AND HQPLAYER HOW TO
In this article I'll show how to set up HQPlayer quickly, and the settings I've ended up using, as well as explain the process to get there. The right filters, applied with a powerful CPU, reconstruct digital music in a way that feels substantially more real and engaging than relying solely on a DAC. HQPlayer can make a huge difference to your audio quality. I'll post comments when there are major updates to the article. Some SBAFriends 'reserve' initial posts, and I'll try that and treat the first few posts of this thread as an article, with later posts as comments. I've decided to make a dedicated thread per tip instead.
DAC FOR ROON AND HQPLAYER UPDATE
I found the Volumio tips thread to be unmanageable because of the need to go back and correct and update instructions after feedback, a buggy release of Volumio etc.