You can get the same result from HQPlayer. I just sold my mscaler and now use HQPlayer exclusively with a sinc-m (million + taps) filter. To my ears it sounds better than mscaler but you need a computer to run it. Standalone or with Roon it works great and many $k less expensive. IMHO of course.
I fear that what you just said will not be taken lightly by fanboys who swear by the Mscaler above every things else.
I have also been considering the HQPlayer option but: Number one I have yet to hear it in action and: number two, in my case it would involve big costs maybe even bigger overall costs than my current solution which is and oldish mbp running Audirvana and Pure Music /Qutest dac and HMS which would have to be upgraded to a newer costlier one considering the fact that the HQPlayer option will as far as I know, only run on more recent macs than mine.
And is also very much in need of LOTS of computational power from the laptop to even run without stuttering ?
Moreover the latest version of HQPlayer costs almost a much as an MScaler does around 3K USD.
Compared to my current players Audirvana and Pure Music which cost a couple of hundred dollars to buy HQP must be THE most expensive computer music player program on the market apart from possibly some subscription based ones that will keep ticking dollars every year endlessly.
But since I am NOT a Chord fanboy I am open to trying and testing it if an opportunity arises to do so without having to first buy a more modern and judging by the price of the latest mbps VERY expensive laptop.
But if say a new mbp at around 3k€ in combination with my Benchmark headphone amp which also has a dac onboard could deliver similar or as you say in your case even better SQ than an MScaler that sounds interesting to me. And I know that at least one of the classical recording labels I have worked with as a photographer are recommending HQP.
I am not a fanboy of ANY brand but so far the Mscaler tech is the best I have ever heard digital in my home system.
I am not ruling out the possiblity that HQP could be a serious contender SQ wise ,but I doubt it would be much cheaper than the RW Mscaler tech for me.
But it could mean one big box and set of cables less to worry about on my travels than is currently the case.
Cheers CC