[radnor]

Wish it were possible but so far, unfortunately, no. Hqplayer needs NAA ( Network audio adapter) which is a software that allows a third party streamer such as an allo usbridge or any computer other than the core to be recognised in Hqplayer. The H2 will work connected directly to the core or a usbridge/raspberry pi etc but the 2go doesn't have that capability. Even if it did, with the current hiccups with upsampling I doubt that the 2go would handle an upsampled stream via hqplayer.

so that dream is dead! NAA should in theory be possible on H2GO???

 

[radnor]

I think you could do it, I remember outputting HQP wirelessly to Hugo2 a while back. However, the wifi bandwidth did result in stuttering playback at high samplerate.

The prime solution is unfortunately no solution. You can use HQPPro to upscale/upsample off-line and put these files into H2Go. This works beautifully and is very much like Mscaler2Go. The reason why I say this is not a real solution is because the cost of HQPPro makes it prohibitive. Unlike HQP desktop, the pro version is designed for mastering professionals and priced accordingly: around $3K. Yes, that's K, as in 1,000. Otherwise, it's perfect.

I've talked with the developer about releasing a consumer version, but at present, he is not interested.

wow how was the SQ?? but offline ? will it capture the TIdal stream and offline it somehow? I do not have a library and only intend to use Tidal and Qobuz.

 

[radnor]

FYI.. switched back to the RAX 120... no satellite.... getting infrequent dropouts on 96K.

seems you need very stable network for 96K... and over 96K.... pretty much line of sight.

would need one hell of a network if HQplayer streaming to H2GO possible.... AND/OR better ROON/2GO optimization!

 

[edwardsean]

wow how was the SQ?? but offline ? will it capture the TIdal stream and offline it somehow? I do not have a library and only intend to use Tidal and Qobuz.

Sound quality is off the charts. Offline processing introduces no noise, because all the processing is done beforehand.

Offline processing means that you have a sound file and it processes it as fast as your computer is able. There is no real time capture of something like a Tidal stream.

At any rate, the price is far above what consumer audio users would be willing to pay. For pro mastering engineers, it's a bargain.

 

[radnor]

Sound quality is off the charts. Offline processing introduces no noise, because all the processing is done beforehand.

Offline processing means that you have a sound file and it processes it as fast as your computer is able. There is no real time capture of something like a Tidal stream.

At any rate, the price is far above what consumer audio users would be willing to pay. For pro mastering engineers, it's a bargain.

amazing.... so you ran this into H2 via wireless link? exactly how? how did it compare to something like TT2/Mscaler? damn if we could get this streamed to H2GO... wow... there has got to be a network topology that can support this.

now if we could create a DAP that ran HQP embedded with a great dac and amp... that sounds like next gen.

 

[edwardsean]

Right, I am talking about–offline–processing, rather than real time.

You take, e.g., a wav file, run it through HQPPro and you have a fully upscaled file. You take this file and copy it on to an SDCard and put it into 2Go. You then play the file just like you would any other from H2Go.

 

[Luvdac]

I think you could do it, I remember outputting HQP wirelessly to Hugo2 a while back

I really would like to know how you achieved that. The only way I know of is to send the hqplayer stream to a USB bridge to which is attached the Hugo2. Not exactly wireless.
If you have a workaround please do share as I would love to send a hqplayer stream wirelessly to the hugo2 with or without the 2go.

 

[Luvdac]

Right, I am talking about–offline–processing, rather than real time.

You take, e.g., a wav file, run it through HQPPro and you have a fully upscaled file. You take this file and copy it on to an SDCard and put it into 2Go. You then play the file just like you would any other from H2Go.

The resultant album, say in dsd256 would be around the 10gb mark. Doable but eats up sd card space like crazy. Plus like you said, 3k for hqplayerpro. No thanks.

 

[Luvdac]

so that dream is dead! NAA should in theory be possible on H2GO???

In theory, yes. Practically speaking Chord is not going to go for it as hqplayer is a direct threat to their mscaler. Now whether some tech specialist can hack into and reprogram the 2go.....??? Not that I'm suggesting it, its bound to void the warranty at the very least.

 

[radnor]

Right, I am talking about–offline–processing, rather than real time.

You take, e.g., a wav file, run it through HQPPro and you have a fully upscaled file. You take this file and copy it on to an SDCard and put it into 2Go. You then play the file just like you would any other from H2Go.

Ahh so essentially remastering... not my usecase. I’d want to stream and get upsampling in RT to the wireless device.

 

[radnor]

dropped a 3rd ORBI satellite on my desk.... no difference... anything above 192 is unusable.... 192 is also glitchy.

have a new netgear wifi 6 sat system was returning to AMZN... going to hook it up now and test just for hell of it. 2 networks down RAX120 and older ORBI (non wifi 6) dont work above 196.

 

[ubs28]

FYI.. switched back to the RAX 120... no satellite.... getting infrequent dropouts on 96K.

seems you need very stable network for 96K... and over 96K.... pretty much line of sight.

would need one hell of a network if HQplayer streaming to H2GO possible.... AND/OR better ROON/2GO optimization!

I tested 192k 24-bit audio with the 2GO via UPnP / DLNA and it handles it fine. So it might possibly be a ROON issue. However I am not going to spend $700 to beta test ROON.

On other hand, while performing this test, the 2GO was being a drama queen again as I had to restart the 2GO a couple of times to get it detected by a 3rd party app. So Chord really needs to come with their own software as it doesn't work that well with 3rd party apps (unlike my other devices).

 

[ubs28]

Thanks - yes, got there in the end after a couple of further factory resets.

Once Gofigure saw the 2go, it then couldn't see my wifi (or any other wifi network). That was resolved by clearing all network data (one of the options from pressing the config button).

Happy to hear that it worked out for you in the end

 

[gryffe]

So to summarise the last few days on here. The 2Go is a hi res streamer that doesn't play hi res files.
Brilliant!

 

[radnor]

So to summarise the last few days on here. The 2Go is a hi res streamer that doesn't play hi res files.
Brilliant!

Yep... Max 192

I just finished setting up and testing my 3rd mesh network and another netgear wifi6 (not as good as rax 120) see pic.... everyone glitched out over 192.

192 reasonable stable. This points to an obvious streamer incompatibility problem with ROON.

Chord lets get a fix.