1/2/2023 0 Comments Hqplayer naa![]() ![]() First, thanks for the time and effort here- great review, especially your perceived differences across the wide range of PCM settings. ![]() You’ll need to get the drivers from your DAC’s website. ASIO provides better transient clarity, weight, and tonality. Using WASAPi (kernel streaming) will degrade the sound quality. So now that we’ve decided on a player, I wanted to know if there were any differences between playing through the HQPlayer Roon output or directly to the DAC via ASIO from Roon. Transparency snobs may still prefer the standalone players. I think they’ve greatly improved their software since the last time I’ve done this type of testing. But I’ve consistently preferred the richer-sounding playback through Roon. You lose a bit of transparency, depth, and detail but…the tone sounds more natural to my ears. Using HQPlayer as an output device on Roon and I still think playback via Roon sounds better. There wasn’t a huge loss of detail either, which was a bit of a surprise. Switching to Roon and the music warms up, thickens, and just has more heft and stride. Tonally they were about the same – Foobar perhaps a little warmer. HQPlayer was smoother and fuller but Foobar had more detail and texture. Playing FLAC files directly without any upscaling via Foobar (1.6.4) and HQPlayer sounded similar. Basically, every electronic component from the hard drive that the music file sits on until the sound hits your speakers – impacts the sound. ![]() I’ve tested various CPU and different RAM chips…and they all sound different. Obviously, the components you use for your music server will impact how these players will sound. ![]()
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