# Using HQplayer with DS Mk1
**URL:** https://forum.psaudio.com/t/using-hqplayer-with-ds-mk1/37602
**Category:** Network Audio
**Created:** [May 19, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/using-hqplayer-with-ds-mk1/37602 "2024-05-19T23:05:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@orionn](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/orionn)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/using-hqplayer-with-ds-mk1/37602/1 "2024-05-19T23:05:34Z")
Does it make sense to use HQplayer for upsampling, noting the the DS upsamples by itself ?
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### Author:  [@adimon](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/adimon)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/using-hqplayer-with-ds-mk1/37602/2 "2024-05-20T17:19:06Z")
Depends on where you upsample.
In my case, HQplayer on the antipodes did not bring any improvement.
When I use HQplayer, the settings are on feedtrough.
So no upsampling.
For me, Roon/Squeeze sounds very good.
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### Author:  [@John\_Dubya](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/John_Dubya)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/using-hqplayer-with-ds-mk1/37602/3 "2024-05-20T20:03:25Z")
I think that HQP users do the upsampling on a separate computer and feed that signal to an R2R Dac which is run in nonoversampling mode.
At least that’s what I do and upsample everything to DSD256. My Dac is a Holo May KTE.
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### Author:  [@tedsmith](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/tedsmith)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/using-hqplayer-with-ds-mk1/37602/4 "2024-05-20T20:09:15Z")
Do what sounds best to you. There are a lot of options on HQplayer and one may sound better to you than the DS’s updsampler, (or not.)