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MQA versus HQPlayer upsamping to DSD512

Posted by Ric Schultz on January 6, 2017 at 20:46:27:

Meridian has tons of money and has a new toy for us. You get better sound and they get more money....nothing wrong with that....win/win. Trouble is they have to remaster every title and then you can only play the ones remastered for the "benefit". What if you could make any file/title at any sample rate sound way, way better? Well folks, it already exists. It is called HQPlayer. Please research this little known audio player and find out why those who listen to it upsampling to DSD512 are ecstatic. According to many who have compared, this player software can completely transform your entire collection. The player needs lots of computing horsepower so you must have a high powered Windows 10 computer to run this software and along with it most like to run Roon as it is more ergonomic in function (they run together perfectly....you use Roon to file and select the songs and then Roon sends the info to HQplayer to play). The higher you upsample the better the sound. Many say going from DSD256 to DSD512 upampling is a bigger jump then DSD128 to DSD256. However, very few DACs can do DSD512 but more are coming. The incredible Gustard x20U pro that I am working up mods on will do DSD256 via usb but can do DSD512 via I2S. Singxer (another Chinese company) will have an updated digital converter that will pass DSD512 via I2S.....allowing all Gustard owners to hear the glory of DSD512 upsampling via HQplayer. There are other player software programs that upsample (including a soon to be updated Roon program)....but so far, everyone says that HQplayer sounds best. I personally have not heard this but am following it intensely because it may hold the real key to amazing sound. One fellow has kludged his Gustard to get DSD512 from his computer and says that his modded Gustard sounds overall better than his $20,000 turntable...super cartridge and phono stage playing the disc versus a 16/44 file upsampled to DSD512 with HQplayer. I believe him. I believe all the others that are saying things similar. Obviously, this is not super easy to attain (is anything worthwhile easy?.....well love is....just breath). You have to have a powerful Windows computer, a DSD512 DAC and tweak, tweak tweak......but from what I have read......this is Nirvana....all your files sounding like you have never hear them....outrageous.