dericchan1
500+ Head-Fier
An excellent write up indeed. Interesting with Golden Sound always recommending sinc L as his go to filter for everything pcm and dsd, regardless of genres/type of music tho…
The beauty of HQPlayer is the ability to chose. One isn't confined to the limited filters the designer could/chose to squeeze into the DAC.
BShaw
1000+ Head-Fier
After someone upthread mentioned sinc-Lh I gave it a run last night and I think it bumped PSG-xl out of its top spot. Will have to go back and forth some more but it sounds great with my Cyan 2.
dericchan1
500+ Head-Fier
Yes the new sinc LH and sinc Long H are great.
BShaw
1000+ Head-Fier
What's the "H" stand for? I know it's a lighter version but I don't know what the h means.
dericchan1
500+ Head-Fier
H is for “high attenuation” compared to regular sinc L with average attenuation.
Sinc LH is also optimized for transient response.
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Didn't know how to pin, but put link into my initial comment that started the thread.
I also created a new thread for those who want to discuss about NOS/R2R dacs and upsampling specifically (bit depth, dithering/ns etc): https://www.head-fi.org/threads/nos-dacs-and-upsampling.976278/
As a teaser: I've played with 21 bits lately for May.
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SmartCheetah
500+ Head-Fier
This is the filter I settled on in PCM a while ago, not realizing it’s GoldenSound’s first pick. On my setup it sounds the best.
dericchan1
500+ Head-Fier
To me. It’s preference and also genres specific. Sinc L sounds fine for jazz/classical stuff even tho my preference is with the halfband filters but I could not stand it for fast pace music say pop/rock/punk/metal…
My PC basen on Ryzen 5600g handles upsampling to DSD256 with DAC correction on most filters except long ones and Sinc-X family (sinc-short and medium are fine) and ASDM7EC-fast modulator. Switching to 7EC-Super causes dropouts.
Question:
is it better to turn off DAC correction which would enabled Super modulators without drops or leave correction enabled but go with faster modulators?
Another thing that I don't understand is the nature of those dropouts. 44.1 to DSD256/sinc medium/7EC-fast needs 65W to compute. 7EC-super 72W.
Switching to sinc-MG causes drops off course even if it forces PC run above 100W.
That means that Ryzen 5600 has sufficient power to run much more complicated tasks so why HQP won't use whole available power to run droplessly with 7EC super. There's obviously much headroom left.
Question:
is it better to turn off DAC correction which would enabled Super modulators without drops or leave correction enabled but go with faster modulators?
Another thing that I don't understand is the nature of those dropouts. 44.1 to DSD256/sinc medium/7EC-fast needs 65W to compute. 7EC-super 72W.
Switching to sinc-MG causes drops off course even if it forces PC run above 100W.
That means that Ryzen 5600 has sufficient power to run much more complicated tasks so why HQP won't use whole available power to run droplessly with 7EC super. There's obviously much headroom left.
Based on what I've read from the audiophile Style threads, one should chose DAC correction over all other. Whether your ears agree, it will depend.
TedB
100+ Head-Fier
FYI - HQ Player v.5.12.0 has just been released.
"Preliminary support for PDF booklets on local library and Qobuz. New special optimized fixed volume setting. Fixed WavPack streaming. Important bug fixes.
"Preliminary support for PDF booklets on local library and Qobuz. New special optimized fixed volume setting. Fixed WavPack streaming. Important bug fixes.
any insight on what this setting offers over setting volume max at -3?
TedB
100+ Head-Fier
It seems some were experiencing sudden shut downs, which turned out to be a volume issue. I'm interested in the bug fixes, but have no info as of yet.
plumpudding2
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New update sounds fabulous but when using fixed volume it appears that for DSD HQPlayer sets the volume to -6db despite the meter indicating -3db
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