iancraig10
Headphoneus Supremus
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I use HQ Player for DSD and FLAC. However it doesn't play MP3 so I use Foobar for that.
I use HQ Player for DSD and FLAC. However it doesn't play MP3 so I use Foobar for that.
Hi,
Need to know your PC or Andriod setup.
The techie guys cant do anything without this basic information.
You need to ask the tech guys to send the Chrome pdf/answers to you.
http://support.ifi-audio.com/index.php
And there are FAQs in there relating to general Chrome/broswer settings.
Cheers.
HQplayer was awesome, but was kind of slow for me, i mean, it took a while to load, for one reason or another, and would take 3-8 seconds for any song to open.
The SQ was great though..
Any other software that is able to achieve hqplayer SQ?
I tested ifi idsd against chord hugo today. [finally].
the resoults are... different than you might expect.
IT comes down to what one wants to hear.
Idsd has a poor Upsampling algorythm, but the bit perfect filter provides, most probably a linear or cubic or sinc interpolation, which does exactly what it should, keeps the thing bit perfect.
Hugo resamples, upsamples, changes, interpolates, resamples again, interpolates again.
What do you want to hear eactly is up to you.
I liked the sound of the things this way
X5<Idsd<X5+E12A<=Hugo
Also, you need idsd for harder to drive headphones.
Idsd sounds exactly like most people are telling it sounds like. Bitperfect, is amazing, 0%distortion, Normal volume is fine, but i preffered to use eco, as normal would be pretty loud. what can i say anymore, it was something, a pretty fun thing, but not what i bought, i ended up buying e12a, and stacking it with x5.
My reasons look like this, while idsd sounds extremely clear, and bitperfect, i like upsampled and force-interpolated sound in sinc and polysinc more.
As a closing reply, i would really like to tell @iFi audio that idsd manages to do what it tries to do perfectly, and it is a top product priced correctly. The iphono is a total different story, it is one of the best products of it's type that ever existed, it is worlds better than products costing 4Xit's price. I would like to hear new products from ifi.
Did you try the other filters as well? Also, can you give more details on the player settings, the driver settings and the settings on the ifi itself?
What kind of setup / source were you using for your listening?
Also, as far as I know, iDSD doesn't have an upsampling algorithm, so to speak, unless you are referring whatever software upsampling you were using at the test.
Using X5 as a transport sounds a bit off to me with iDSD. Way worse than USB.