![]() But I quickly realized that, for a simple stereo setup, most of them aren't even applicable, or they don't need to be changed from the defaults. There are far more options than exist for most players. I can see how HQPlayer could seem to be overwhelming. On the other hand most of the time I would gladly go back to spinning disc for the pure simplicity of it, but have yet to get that scenario to sound as good as computer based music servers. For now I am mostly satisfied with Audirvana 3.5.50 but looking to the future. I personally feel that computer based audio has become far too complex taking much of the enjoyment out of the venture. Just curious as to why you abandoned HQP? Just got tired of fiddling around with the complexity of it, or other reasons? Looking over the menu and UI I could certainly understand being worn out with this. It's best to try and compare, the major players give you that opportunity. Also, of course, there are personal preferences. Important thing to consider is that different players can give completely different results in terms of sound in different hardware sets. Lately I've gone back to Amarra, after years of using HQP as a main player. HQP is a great piece of software, but it's designed for those who choose to fiddle around with settings options. I believe I've tried and used just about every possible Mac OS player over the years. You can try HQP OS out for free and you don't have to change anything about your computer. It has to be rebooted every 30 minutes if you don't buy a license. There's a free trial that doesn't expire. ![]() It's Linux based and already optimized, but I don't have to deal with Linux or any OS commands at all. You configure HQP with any web browser and I send music to it using Roon. Then HQP OS is available on your network. ![]() All you have to do is write a file to a USB stick and boot from it. That's the version that I use and the version I would recommend for both sound quality and ease of use. So you are saying HQP also provides a dedicated operating system on a computer bypassing all other OS's such as Apple, Windows, and Linux? If so wasn't aware of this. I would have thought this would prevent the issues you describe above. With A 3.5 one does have the option to shut just about everything down within the computer while running the player via their System Optimizer. Its not likely I would ever adopt a Linux system, just way more computing than I want to get into but interesting comment still. ![]()
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