Quote Originally Posted by Gazjam View Post
The Holo May L3 KTE (in Nos mode) doesn’t apologise for itself, zero requirement for HQ Player in this boys opinion

Tried it and as digital upsamplers go it’s the best?
But to me was more of an “We’ll not sure.. it’s definitely different?” rather than an absolute ‘better thing’

Considering the extra cost with a beefy PC/Mac required to run it at higher sampling rates, I filtered it out.
Played around with upsampling for years now, and I’ve never got it to sound better than the original unsullied File.

YMMV of course.

Love your Turntable by the way!
Labour of love.
I use Mac Mini's for work and had an M1 and then an M2 Pro going spare to run Roon and HQ Player. Headless in a cupboard. Both were fine for DSD256 with a light modulator. I've never been convinced by onboard upsampling/conversion.

The DAC I'm using is NOS and I've not got round to trying some PCM upsampling. It's a PCM-based DAC and converts DSD to PCM as well. The only reason to do so is to avoid 16/44, given the lack of any digital filters.

The turntable was very easy, to be honest. A well trodden path. I had to wait 3 months for the plinth to be made and then it took my mate Paul 4 or 5 weeks to do the lacquer, and he did the shelves for the rack at the same time. Lacquer requires a proper licensed spray booth, and takes ages, so most people just slap on some varnish. The rack was made by another local chap for £400. It's light and very rigid. The sort of thing someone with a grinder and a welder could do in their garage.