HQPlayer, NAA

What is HQPlayer?

HQPlayer is a licensed software package that can improve the sound quality of music, especially when playing back lower-resolution files on higher-resolution hardware. 

HQPlayer is an advanced, up-sampling media player. It offers some of the best software-based up-sampling and sigma-delta processing available on the market today, as well as convolution, channel mapping, and networked audio output solutions. 

https://help.roonlabs.com/portal/en/kb/articles/hqplayer#Overview

HQPlayer is commonly used with Roon to improve its usability.

What is HQPlayer NAA?

HQPlayer NAA is an optional local network bridge to connect HQplayer to a DAC, with the potential to improve sound quality.

Processing is performed by the player application and the processed data is then asynchronously streamed over network to a very lightweight network audio adapter interfacing to the DAC. Asynchronous FIFO provides maximum isolation between processing and audio reproduction.

https://signalyst.com/network-audio-adapter/

Useful Links

Developer information:

https://signalyst.com/consumer/

https://signalyst.com/network-audio-adapter/

Jussi Lakko, the developer, supports the product across a few audio forums.

Tips

Setting up HQPlayer in Roon:

https://help.roonlabs.com/portal/en/kb/articles/hqplayer#Overview

SnakeOil limited role

SnakeOil downloads and install the HQPlayer software on powerful AMD hardware.  SnakeOil also downloads and install  HQPlayer NAA software on AMD and Pi hardware.

There is limited knowledge of HQPlayer & NAA within the SnakeOil Squad.