It would be nice to install and integrate HQPlayer on a ROCK server so we would not have to use two pc’s…

Sorry, I got carried away… :slight_smile: Anyway, it would be nice to have hqplayer integrated or co configured on the same pc as my ROCK server… I am not a big fan of all these extreme sample rates and filters, so I would use it pretty straightforward… For headphone listening I often use my HQpl…

Yep. I used to do DSD512, but the ASDM7EC modulator precludes it. It’s worth dropping back to run that modulator. You’d need 8GHz single core performance to run ASDM7EC at DSD512. Liquid helium cooling here we come.

[image] andybob: Demonstrating HQPlayer without upsampling to DSD 256 and using ASDM7EC modulator and ext2 filter is like demonstrating a Ferrari by driving at 20 kph. Isn’t that just an incredible combination!! It’s so much better than any upsampling Roon can do on its own!

That is Roon doing the upsampling not hqplayer. And still you notice that you are dropping beneath 2x. At 1.6x the one poor little core is running at 62.5 percent or so. It is not the upsample that counts though, it is the filter and modulator choice that makes the world of difference, and, requir…

Here is the ultimate Roon Core / HQPlayer machine unless you want to build one yourself… https://www.ekfluidgaming.com/ek-fluid-gaming-pc-295-vanquish

I’d take that over a Mac Pro any day.

Nice, but, I still prefer mine. :smiley: [image] The Soul of a New Machine Tinkering [20190827_160613%5B1%5D] Finished project. Tempered glass installed. There are some differences from the mid-build pic posted earlier. Just need to re-load all my software as this is a…

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Rugby (aka Daniel or Big Dan) March 6, 2021, 6:22am 17

Nice, but, I still prefer mine.