[Bowbow]

I plan to buy a T+A DAC8 DSD, and I heard many suggest I to use HQplayer to upsample songs to DSD 512hz to dac8, which could release the while potential of DAC8 did

 

[ardbeg1975]

I agree HQP pairs very well with T+A DACs. What specific questions do you have?

 

[Bowbow]

I agree HQP pairs very well with T+A DACs. What specific questions do you have?

I plan to use upsampling Apple Music by Hqplayer on MacBook. But it seems that Mac OS does not support native DSD. Then, how to I let T+A Dacs play my music in DSD512? I have heard a stuff called NAA, but I am not sure what is that device for sure

 

[ardbeg1975]

I plan to use upsampling Apple Music by Hqplayer on MacBook. But it seems that Mac OS does not support native DSD. Then, how to I let T+A Dacs play my music in DSD512? I have heard a stuff called NAA, but I am not sure what is that device for sure

I’m not aware HQP can support Apple Music streams due to DRM. I believe it will support ALAC and AAC files but only if they are DRM free (ripped from a CD for example). Regarding DSD, MacOS only supports DSD up to 256 via DoP. To go to DSD512 or higher you’d need an NAA compatible network streaming device like a Holo Audio Red and you could then upsample to DSD512+ (assuming your Mac is suitably powerful) from HQP — NAA protocol —> Holo Red — USB —> DSD compatible DAC.