You can reconfigure the NAA HQPlayer talks to, but you have to do that outside Roon. There is not, as far as I know, a way to run one “central” instance of HQPlayer and have it work for multiple Roon end-points (even if only playing to one at a time). So, Roon talks to HQPlayer via an IP connection (which can be to another machine or on the same one you’re running Roon on), then HQPlayer either talks to a directly attached DAC (via USB, or whatever local interfaces you have available) or to an HQPlayer “Network Audio Adapter” (NAA) - in which case the NAA talks to the DAC. Roon treats HQPlayer as a Zone, and then HQPlayer owns the actual connection to the DAC. I apologize about asking beginner questions that probably take too much work to answer properly. Just trying to figure out the point in a general way. Does it act as some sort of DSP with speakers? Do I have to measure my room with a calibrated mic and then go through software? If I’m not running ROON, but am running HQ Player - I gather this is possible with say,Apple Music? What does it go out to? With HQ Player running alongside ROON on my M1 Pro MacBook, do I get benefits coming off a ROON endpoint like an iPad attached to a Dragonfly Cobalt or iFi xDSD or Audeze LCDi3 with Cipher Cable, or apple Dongle and Koss PortaPro? I guess there is no use case for a portable DAC, or is there? I mean I run ROON at home and listen not just at the main station but at ROON endpoints - my phone or an iPad - or Sonos - or Sonos Port to my speakers. So questions - what’s with the supported DAC list? Is support for HQ player supposed to make me more likely to spring for an iFi Gryphon? Why?
Also headphones and speakers in quite different systems. I’m not there, I’m not thinking about what I wish were different with my M-Scaler. I think I get some of the high-end use case. Probably because most of the posts are from people who have used it for some time or who are tweaking it.
May I ask some basic questions on HQ Player? I’ve read some here, some on their site, and some on ROON and find it somewhat baffling.
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