I have the gear on its way to set up my Spring 2 for HQPlayer (Mac Mini M1, Up Gateway). A bit of search found the one bit of information I was lacking for when I set it all up next week: https://community.roonlabs.com/t/hq-player-a-few-questions/71394/29?u=fernando_pereira.
Thank you again @jussi_laako @dabassgoesboomboom and @musicjunkie917 for helping me through all these options 
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