At best, there’s no USB involved, just network straight to DAC. NAA is network equivalent of USB Audio Class. Essentially this splits HQPlayer into two parts. Results processed ready for audio output are sent to a NAA. That is if Devialet had any desire to include such a feature, of course.Īs for the Phantom, I am not so sure if it is possible, but again it would require Devialet to actually want to include NAA support to make it happen. HQPlayer is the actual player performing all the player functionality and DSP. So I am sure as I can be that it could be made to work on CI Board equipped Expert Pro. Unfortunately, Devialet products do not support HQPlayer NAA.Īs an aside, HQPlayer NAA will run on Linux devices and NAA does not have any particularly demanding hardware requirements. There is a list of products that support NAA on the Signalyst website This includes products from Sonore, SOtM, Antipodes and others.

So HQPlayer will only work with a device that has or will will run NAA. HQPlayer uses it's own unique Ethernet streaming protocol known as NAA. Roon uses RAAT, then you have DLNA/UPnP, Spotify Connect, Devialet AIR and many others. There are many different protocols for Ethernet streaming. But in HQplayer i can't found my devialet via upnp, only via bluetooth. Asynchronous USB 2.I'm trying to integrate hqplayer to my setup roon and devialet.Mini > USB into Parasound HINT6 integrated amplifier (internal DAC).Harbeth P3ESR 40th Anniversary speakers.I also have a TEAC UD-501, and if I use that, I’ll go either optical or coax from the X-SPDIF 2.) Mini > USB into X-SPDIF 2 > AES/EBU into Topping D70 (Tried its I2S interface from the X-SPDIF 2, but it’s incompatible.He mentioned NAA was also an option, which is why I’m in this thread!) But I actually DM’d Jussi a while back about this, and he said either way is fine.

(I think this was the bit that the forum member called “bass-ackwards”. (I decommissioned them from business use, so they were just sitting around with no other purpose.) Previously I used Roon Bridge. I don’t bother with DSD, as I don’t think my systems are resolving enough to care.īoth systems use a mac mini as the server. I know all DACs can handle DSD, but I basically only upsample to 176.4/192 PCM. (I only have 500 CDs that I’ve ripped to FLAC.

OS on one SSD, library on second 1TB SSD.

Hqplayer from signalyst