HQ Player for Dummies

Sorry if this is a stupid question:  HQ Player is to be used on a computer, correct? For playing files that you own, as opposed to streaming?

If I buy a DSD file from Qobuz and want to play it, I can put it on my NAS and access it through my network or I can put it on a computer connected to my DAC, correct?  I suppose the best way to decide which sounds better in my situation is to just do it.  I have never listened to a DSD file.

@milpai what kind of music do you listen to?  Since you have using using Foobar, I'm assuming you have a PC connected to your DAC, as opposed to a Mac.

Many say you should keep computers far away from your system.

@milpai thanks. yes I suppose my opticalRendu is a computer...

Before I started streaming I listened to WAV files via Foobar, now I mainly stream (and listen to vinyl), but I’ve always wondered if it made sense to listen to files that I own through my network.

yes my DAC (Gustard X26 Pro) can do DSD

so you go from your PC to your DAC with a USB cable? any jitterbugs or anything else? Do you connect your PC to the internet with an Ethernet cable or WiFi when listening? this isn’t necessary, correct (unless you use the Foobar remote)? are the files on the PC hard drive?

I like female Jazz vocals - where have you bought DSD files and what titles do you like?

there’s talk that Qobuz might stream DSD....

appreciate your responses

@milpai 

Cool - so you are accessing the files through your network via an ethernet cable connected to your PC and your "PC" is not an off the shelf unit but something you have made, correct? and that's what you're calling your "server"?