had hesitated very long to change my old  system. incl. dedicated win 8 for xxhighend. computer finally broke down. so I finally got me a new hp z 440 with 64 gb ram. sounding so incredibly good with a fresh win 10. just wanted to share....

another way to download tidal files:
https://github.com/yaronzz/Tidal-Media-Downloader/blob/master/TIDALDL-PY/exe/tidal-dl.exe
 

  thanks coliny, your workaround works fine and is also quite important to me !!!
  thanks peter, i keep coming back to xxhighend all the time (whether there is a 2.12 version or not... )!!!
P.S.: MQA files (at least the 'real' ones) sound good in xxhighend for me ...

Yes, I agree, soundquality is awesome. Giving me new dimensions... Thank you Peter for your work and support over all those years!!
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XXHighend 2.11a on Windows 8 PC (AMD A6-3650 APU 16 GB RAM)  with 2x Audioquest Jitterbug USB Filter
XXHighend: Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 4/-/0/0/0/ Q1Factor = 1 / Dev.Buffer = 256 / ClockRes = 0,5ms / Memory = Mixed/  SFS = 1,02  (max 1,02 / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 2-3 / not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ / UnAttended  / /Stop all Services Off / Stop Desktop and Remaining Services ON/ Keep LAN =off/ Not Persist / WallPaper Off/ Minimize OS off
Advance xi-75 Amp/ Audioquest Cinnamon USB Cable/ KORG DSD-DAC 100/ ProAc biwire cables into ProAc Studio 130 Speakers

 
 Hi there, just wanted to leave a short message about how I'm pleased with version 2.10 and the sound quality I get, especially with MQA. I have been listening to vinyl quite a time but now I'm back and I'm really surprised, how things went further here: especially the possibility of playing tidal playlists 'on the fly' really means a lot of fun to me these days....and I begin to understand, what MQA is all about...so thanks a lot and keep on with xxhighend!!! ______________________________________________________________________
_{XXhigh 2.10 on Windows 8 PC (AMD A6-3650 APU 16 GB RAM) - Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/0/0/0/ Q1Factor = 1 / Dev.Buffer = 256 / ClockRes = 1ms / Memory = Mixed/  SFS = 60  (max 120 / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 2-3 / not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ / UnAttended  / /Stop all Services Off / Stop Desktop and Remaining Services ON/ Keep LAN =off/ Not Persist / WallPaper Off/  Minimize OS / XTweaks : off
Advance xi-75 Amp with build in asyncronous DAC - ProAc Studio 130 Speakers}

Hi there,
maybe someone doesn't know this one:
https://listen.tidal.com/playlist/7ff470e6-99fb-42f0-9bf5-409b5dccd290
("WiMP Labs: Audiotest") from tidal itself:
some interesting new tracks, some you'd already know and would propably enjoy to relax in between...
P.S.
I'm really looking forward to ver 2.08 !!!

Rudi/Austria
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XXhigh 2.07 on Windows 8 PC (AMD A6-3650 APU 16 GB RAM) -
Minimize OS / Adaptive Mode / Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/0/0/0/ Q1Factor = 1 / Dev.Buffer = 256 / ClockRes = 1ms / Memory = Mixed/  SFS = 60  (max 120 / Playerprio = Low / ThreadPrio = Realtime / Scheme = Core 2-3 / not Switch Processors during Playback = Off/ / UnAttended  / /Stop all Services Off / Stop Desktop and Remaining Services ON/ Keep LAN =off/ Not Persist / WallPaper Off/  Minimize OS / XTweaks : off
Hiface two USB to SPDIF converter – 'digital' amplifier: Nuforce DDA 100 - ProAc Studio 130

Well Peter,
I am a bit confused now...I did reinstall XXHighend a couple of days ago, but in the former folder..and I'm running Processor Core Appopintment Scheme 2-3 (no demo warning there)...

Thank you Peter,
now, with SFS 60 it played me 7 flac files, before it stopped again - and gave me the warning "playback stopped because data did not arrive in time" ....
Rudi

Thank you Peter,
of course I am activated - here are the log files. I notized, that situation get's better when I increase SFS (e.g. 60) - but sound still keeps stopping after some time...

P.S. can I stop those library windows from popping up all the time? And: why is my monitor coming back again to life after some time - even I don't touch anything and setting is "monitor off in unattended mode" ?

Thank you!

p.s. I did some more listening - Flac's and WAV's show the same problem (sudden stops, and XXHighend comes up again from unattended mode, music still stopped) - but not so often ....

Hi Peter!
I'm running win8 on a machine with 8 GB RAM and XXHighEnd ver. 1.186-a. Everytime I play mp3's in unattended mode, it plays the first track complete, and stops after the second track has started after a minute or so. No matter how long the first track or the second track are... I didn't stop any services in unattended mode. Changing Q settings or buffer size doesn't help. Engine is No. 4 in adaptive mode. Problem only occurs with mp3 files, not with flac or wav's.  Any ideas? Thank you! Rudi/Austria