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Re: HQPlayer , anyone using it?

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 2:15 pm
by Fran
Theres a new version of pureplayer out as well. Same link as earlier in the thread and I believe its a lot nicer to use....


Fran

Re: HQPlayer , anyone using it?

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:55 pm
by jkeny
Well done, Ken. DRC on it's own is worth the entry price.

Yes, Fran, much nicer UI & the response is much faster but somebody reported that it is not bit-perfect i.e they couldn't get HDCD to light on their receiver when sending it a HDCD file.

Re: HQPlayer , anyone using it?

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:00 pm
by Fran
Just to reiterate:

Fidelizer can be downloaded here: http://www.windowsxlive.net/downloading-fidelizer

The latest version of pureplayer: http://www.purediy.gr/downloads/pureplayer.zip

Thread about pureplayer on DIYaudio.com (good to read) http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pc-based ... layer.html


All free. Anyone using a PC as source, say for a headphone amp, or DAC or music source should at least give this a try....

Fran

Re: HQPlayer , anyone using it?

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:04 pm
by Ivor
good man

Re: HQPlayer , anyone using it?

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 2:45 pm
by Fran
There's one little problem with that player - it doesn't decode lossless wma files - at least yet. If you follow the thread on diyaudio though, you will see I told him about it and he's going off to investigate.

This won't affect many people however - I just have some legacy wma lossless files that I don't feel inclined to spend time converting from one format to another.

I see a few comments from people saying that they couldn't distinguish between it and foobar. I definitely did with the earlier versions, so I must go back now and repeat the experiment with the new version.

I actually like how it works though - its simpler than nearly all the other players out there. I suppose lots of people like having album art.....


Fran

Re: HQPlayer , anyone using it?

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:20 am
by jkeny
Another release with selectable Wasapi output (Vista/Win 7) - it sounds better to me - more micro reolution!