llo, I have a question, why is it recommended to use HQPlayer’s EQ and not Roon? I use Roon and do not feel any problem. Thanks in advance for the answer.
Because it’s better to send BitPerfect to HQPlayer that can do EQ as well
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Who recommends that?
Not sure I understand. Roon can do both bit perfect and EQ (obviously not at the same time).
But if you use HQP with Roon it’s better to send the ile BitPerfect to HQP
And if you don’t use HQP? It’s not clear if the OP does.
@Marian The OP has included HQPlayer in his thread title and posted in the HQPlayer section of the forum.
Common sense, I would say he is a HQPlayer user.
Feel free to ignore the HQPlayer section of this forum 
Feel free to ignore my posts in any section.
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It is best to keep Roon sending bit-perfect data to HQPlayer and have all DSP at HQPlayer side in one go. Regarding EQ, this makes biggest difference when your source content is DSD.
Hello, I have a follow-up question if I want to transfer Eq roon to HQPlayer what is the most convenient way to do it Eq in roon Oh. Zip. Thank you very much for the answer in advance
That’s what I want to do too but not a single reaction???
You can enter the EQ parameters to HQPlayer matrix pipeline configuration (please see the manual for details).
Alternatively you can create a .txt file, either by writing it directly, or for example using REW with the EQ parameters, and then import this to the matrix pipeline configuration.
It is recommended to use the Plot function to check that response is what is wanted.
Hello Jussi,
This is the txt (Word: REW meting en EQ txt.txt) file I made using REW:
PK Fc 72.90 Hz Gain -4.30 dB Q 15.024
PK Fc 81.10 Hz Gain -3.70 dB Q 12.735
LS Fc 81.60 Hz Gain 6.00 dB
PK Fc 129.0 Hz Gain -8.10 dB Q 14.047
PK Fc 160.5 Hz Gain 3.00 dB Q 7.497
PK Fc 188.0 Hz Gain -9.80 dB Q 6.555
PK Fc 212.0 Hz Gain 6.00 dB Q 7.497
PK Fc 234.0 Hz Gain -7.60 dB Q 9.578
PK Fc 281.0 Hz Gain 6.00 dB Q 4.438
PK Fc 287.0 Hz Gain -8.00 dB Q 8.295
PK Fc 388.0 Hz Gain 2.50 dB Q 6.412
PK Fc 665.0 Hz Gain -4.80 dB Q 4.093
PK Fc 864.0 Hz Gain -9.00 dB Q 5.112
PK Fc 1084 Hz Gain 6.00 dB Q 1.000
PK Fc 1341 Hz Gain -7.60 dB Q 2.788
PK Fc 2054 Hz Gain -1.60 dB Q 5.818
PK Fc 3447 Hz Gain -2.70 dB Q 2.027
HS Fc 4694 Hz Gain 5.80 dB
PK Fc 4851 Hz Gain -0.70 dB Q 1.225
PK Fc 7208 Hz Gain -3.30 dB Q 1.823
For both channels together.
But where in the pipeline configuration?
I use HQPayerd version 4.35.
Thanks for your patience and help!
I don’t remember which version I added support for that…
But you would just click “Browse” button for corresponding pipeline and upload the .txt. It will get added to the “Process” line. Then please use the Plot feature to check the needed gain compensation. By quick look from your EQ setup, you should probably apply -6 dB pipeline gain to compensate for the positive boosts there, so that the output doesn’t exceed 0 dBFS.
Yes, then click Apply so that the response files are uploaded.
So this step is the one missing here. After that those appear as something like “eq_0-0.txt” and “eq_1-0.txt” there. You can then use the Plot feature.
Alright, I got this:
But then I have to plot which is a new advantage: nothing to move or to fill in below, just 2 green lines:
I did hope that it would be something like the PEQ in Roon, but it’s only magnitude (db?) and phase? (Plot corresponding pipeline process magnitude and phase responses) No frequency, shelfs, Q’s. Sure there is something I misunderstand.
My target is to make this PEQ in HQPlayerd:
Is it possible?
After fixing the syntax above (sorry, didn’t catch it earlier) to this:
Filter 1: ON PK Fc 72.90 Hz Gain -4.30 dB Q 15.024
Filter 2: ON PK Fc 81.10 Hz Gain -3.70 dB Q 12.735
Filter 3: ON LS Fc 81.60 Hz Gain 6.00 dB
Filter 4: ON PK Fc 129.0 Hz Gain -8.10 dB Q 14.047
Filter 5: ON PK Fc 160.5 Hz Gain 3.00 dB Q 7.497
Filter 6: ON PK Fc 188.0 Hz Gain -9.80 dB Q 6.555
Filter 7: ON PK Fc 212.0 Hz Gain 6.00 dB Q 7.497
Filter 8: ON PK Fc 234.0 Hz Gain -7.60 dB Q 9.578
Filter 9: ON PK Fc 281.0 Hz Gain 6.00 dB Q 4.438
Filter 10: ON PK Fc 287.0 Hz Gain -8.00 dB Q 8.295
Filter 11: ON PK Fc 388.0 Hz Gain 2.50 dB Q 6.412
Filter 12: ON PK Fc 665.0 Hz Gain -4.80 dB Q 4.093
Filter 13: ON PK Fc 864.0 Hz Gain -9.00 dB Q 5.112
Filter 14: ON PK Fc 1084 Hz Gain 6.00 dB Q 1.000
Filter 15: ON PK Fc 1341 Hz Gain -7.60 dB Q 2.788
Filter 16: ON PK Fc 2054 Hz Gain -1.60 dB Q 5.818
Filter 17: ON PK Fc 3447 Hz Gain -2.70 dB Q 2.027
Filter 18: ON HS Fc 4694 Hz Gain 5.80 dB
Filter 19: ON PK Fc 4851 Hz Gain -0.70 dB Q 1.225
Filter 20: ON PK Fc 7208 Hz Gain -3.30 dB Q 1.823
I got following response:
In your Roon EQ plot you don’t seem to have all those 20 bands?
Thanks Jussi,
First of all, it is true that the Roon EQ plot is not the same because of limiting possibilities (e.g. Q in Roon does not go beyond 10), because some frequencies were too close together and because of auditory adjustments (my ears have certain deviations, including little high). The plot of REW is how REW hears it and wants to handle it.
Furthermore, I see that you have received a beautiful graphic representation of the REW plot.
2 Questions about this:
Did you copy my .txt file from my previous message or did you use a link for this that shows this after unpacking?
How do you then arrive at that graphic representation? I do not get further than 2 straight green lines. What exactly do you have to do to get this result? I have activated Plot without result and selected Apply also without result.
Do I understand that the first graph shows the magnitude (dB) per frequency and the second shows the phase of the signal?
If it is al set and dun, how wil I know that this PEQ is working? Is it visible or is it only possible by hearing. (In Roon it is visible).
By now I use Embeded.
Now I’ve gotten into a quagmire of problems.
Maybe this should be a different thread.
Hqplayerd (=HQP) is starting to have more and more problems.
- The PEQ plot does not give the desired result. Instead of a nice graph like Jussi’s, it is a straight green line for me. Unfortunately, there is no follow-up to this topic. Of course, it could be that I’m doing something wrong.
- HQP can no longer upsample DSD and DSD256 can no longer be played without dropouts in a light edit. Later it turns out that Roon’s Sample Rate Conversion, after removing HQP in the Setup, handles everything with great ease. Even upsampling DSD256 to DSD512 works without dropouts.
- Suddenly I can’t play anything with HQP anymore because Roon gives the message that it can’t connect to HQP while HQP has been reset in the Roon Setup and a NAA connection has been made in the Audio App Switcher of the Micro Rendu.
Because HQP has now become unusable, I first installed HQP on another PC together with a friend. Then we connected it in Roon and everything worked. The login details ‘hqplayer/password’ are accepted and we can make edits in HQP. We thought it would be best to reinstall HQP on my Sonictransport 7i (2019) (=ST). This is not difficult via the interface of sonicorbiter.com. After this had happened I wanted to set it up but first login details were requested. Unfortunately my login details were rejected and the standard login details ‘hqplayer/password’ are also rejected. So I can’t log in. What I do see via About is that my fingerprint is correct and that I now have a trial version (equal to my latest version). But there is nothing else to operate because I have to log in first and that does not work.
Jussi refers me to Andrew from Small Green Computer for login details but I have not received a message from him.
What are my options? Maybe not reinstall via the interface of Sonicorbiter.com but via Signalyst? Who can advise me on this?
As you know, I have followed up on email. It is not very worthy to continue this thread which is just discussion between us.
Sorry, but it needs to go through SGC for your device. You or I don’t have needed permissions to bypass that. And for v5 the OS needs upgrade.
You can just use this instead until your ST gets fixed?