I have 4 gigs DDR3 at 1600mHz soon to be upgraded to 8 gigs at 1800mHz although this won't help with HQ player which is CPU dependent. I have a high end I-3 cpu that runs at 2.5ghz, much faster than the newer I-5's that they are putting in the lower end laptops. I don't have too much problems using HQ player. I have already paid for JR MC21 which is available. JR definitely has its benefits with ease of use, its library and remote ability. If I want to jump around albums then I will use JR. I like to listen to a whole album so HQ player works for me. For me HQ player has more texture, depth, wider sound stage, blacker background, smoother sound with more detail, better sounding cymbals and tighter bass. Now I am talking about upconverted files as I have only one native DSD file from Blue Coast. But with JR, when I go up in rez above 192, bass gets weaker as I go up the ladder. I will still use JR when I want to keep my butt glued to the sofa. It makes JR sound midfi in comparison in my system. One of the guys on CA helped me out with some settings and it sounds even better. I can get HQ player for 86 Euro's which is better than the $150 price. Naw.I'll wait till they improve HQP and then it may be double the price.įrenchmon, I agree with every thing that you say. The pop was the last straw for me.every time it changes to the next tract, there is a pop. If you ask me, its worth no more than the price of s a trade off.Jriver while not sounding bad, has a better set up all around.but HQP sounds 3 times as good when it works properly but the gui sucks and no remote unless you rig one. Sorry Raven.this isnt a hit on you, its a hit on HQP. Jriver has just come out with a new version.I've not heard the reviews yet, but I hope they step up the game a little.if they do step up in sound quality, that will kill HQP with that antient gui and no remote and with all the bugs in it.its not worth $150 in my book. Its that HQP is a few steps above in sound quality.but its still in the beginning stages. It does sound better than Jriver, but JRive doesnt sound bad at all. It sound s great, but is poor in everything else. Most audiophiles know about these issues and get emotional about the sound and dont think about the other problems and decide to live with them.im not one of them.
And every thing I've said aint nothing new. Shoot, My TT makes me get off my couch to turn over the album.Digital aint suppose to be that hard. Yes I want my stuff to sound great, but it has to work. I know every one doesnt share the same sentiment as I do, but that a shame for them to charge $150 for that. So no way.I wont be a party to that foolishness. And when they are done working out the bugs and problems of HQP they are going to charge double for it. I know a ton of guys at as well as head-fi who have HQP and I know a ton who wont purchase some thing thats not complete. You cant store DSD files, and those are just a few of the problems with HGP. And therer is a click in my right speaker that comes and goes. The gui is prehistoric for crying out loud.
Its got no remote, unless you use a remote desk top like spash top to rig it. HQP sounds a lot better, but I will not be purchasing something that's really not worth $150. I wrote about it on one of the conversations on one of your threads in the past.
#Hqplayer play without sound trial#
I have had two trial versions of HQ Player. The guy that wrote this is also on the CA forum. HQPlayer: Introduzione e Indice argomenti If any one is interested in it, there is a good description of the filters and what they do on an Italian forum here which is easily translated to english. It is my go to player now except when I want to stay planted on my sofa. Although you can use the default settings and get great sound. It also have a steep learning curve if you want to customize the many filters that it has. The down side is that the user interface is not as good and there is no remote app. The over all sound is tighter and blacker and it has more depth and resolution. Bass does not drop off at higher rez like it does with JR. The improvement in sound was instantly noticeable. I downloaded the trial version and I am truly impressed. A friend told me about HQ player and how it sounds better than JR for upconverting music. I was not happy with the way music sounded upconverted to resolutions above 192 including DSD. I have been using JRiver since I just got into computer audio.