Configure Signalyst HQPlayer on MacOS

How-to configure MERGING+NADAC with HQPlayer on MacOS ?

Step-by-step guide

1. Start HQ player:
   
   
   
2. Click in the top left corner Menu and select HQPlayerDesktop3 - Preferences menu:
   
   
   
3. First set Backend to CoreAudio 
   Then select Merging+NADAC as Device :
   It is recommended to keep the Buffer size to Default.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Configure PCM Defaults for PCM playback without any down or up-sampling:
   Filter : None - Dither : None - Sample Rate /Limit : 384000
   
   
   
5. You can now play PCM files:
   
   
   
6. Configure SDM Defaults for DSD playback without any down or up-sampling:
   Oversampling : poly-sync - Modulator : ASDM5 - Bit Rate /Limit : 11289600
   
   Note: 
   "poly-sinc-ext" should be used for multiples of 44.1kHz sampling rate sources
   "poly-sinc-gauss-hires-lp" should be used for multiples of 48kHz sampling rate sources
   
   
   
   
   

7. Select SDM(DSD), and you can now play a DSD file.
   
   
   Note: DSD through DOP on Mac computer is limited to DSD128, however MERGING+NADAC is DSD256 capable.
   
   
   

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