HQPlayer Desktop 3.13.3

Description

Name: HQPlayer Desktop
Version: 3.13.3
Mac Platform: Intel
OS version: OS X 10.9 or later
Includes: Pre-K’ed
K’ed by the Shark
Web Site: http://www.signalyst.com/consumer.html
Overview

HQPlayer is a high quality audio player for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. HQPlayer also features several selectable high quality upsampling and downsampling algorithms as well as selectable dither, noise shaping and modulator algorithms.
Supported source formats:
・CDDA (Audio CD)
・FLAC
・DSDIFF (DFF, non-compressed)
・DSF
・RIFF (WAV, including DXD)
・AIFF
・RAW streams
Supported playlist formats:
・M3U / M3U8
・PLS
Features:
・Software upsampling / downsampling with selectable algorithm up to 32-bit 1.536 MHz or down to 16-bit 32 kHz PCM (20 options, most “apodizing”)
・Delta-Sigma modulators for upsampling PCM/DSD content up to 49.152 MHz 1-bit SDM (17 oversampling options)
・Selectable dithering / noise shaping algorithm (7 options)
・Selectable convolution algorithm (FIR) for equalization, such as digital room correction (2 options), for PCM/DSD content
・Optional high-frequency expansion for the convolution engine
・Software-based digital volume control for PCM and SDM (DSD)
・Playback of DSF/DSDIFF files through any supported audio interface (PCM conversion and DSD rate conversion)
・Selectable algoritm and noise filters for DSF/DSDIFF PCM playback (7 / 6 options)
・Native/direct playback of DSF/DSDIFF files (ASIO DSD, DoP v1.1 with both 0x05/0xFA and 0x06/0xF9 markers)
・Playback of stereo, 2.1, 3.0, quadrophonic, 3.1, 5.0, 5.1 and 7.1 channel material
・Speaker configuration for multichannel playback (delay and level) for PCM and SDM (DSD)
・Matrix processing for routing, filtering and mixing channels with gain, for PCM/DSD content
・Bypasses operating system software mixer and sample rate conversion
・Support for professional ASIO drivers
・Multi-room support with Signalyst Asynchronous Network Audio Adapters
・Support for ID3v2 tags on AIFF, DSF and WAV files (versions 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4)
・Smooth level limiter for clipped material
・”Dual wire” channel bonding support to reach 2x rates, PCM and DoP (DSD)
・64-bit floating point processing
・Full support for multi-core processors (can utilize up to around 27 cores depending on configuration)
・Light weight desktop-GUI to lower graphics noise
・Touch-GUI for use with tablets or laptops with touch screen.
・DSP offload to GPU using NVIDIA CUDA
What’s New in Version 3.13.3:

HQPlayer Desktop and HQPlayer Embedded 3.13.3 released.
Improves reliability on DAC reconnect and hot-plug cases when used together with latest networkaudiod. Simplifies CD reading algorithm for better compatibility with certain drives. Also contains other small fixes.
Version log: http://www.signalyst.com/index.html