To bridge the gap between older ROM sets and newer MAME requirements, the community often uses a device file named (or sometimes just qsound.zip ).
I’ve seen mentions that dl-1425.bin might be part of a QSound dump or needed for low-level emulation, while qsound-hle.zip is for high-level emulation (HLE) of the QSound DSP.
Over the years, emulation communities have created consolidated BIOS collections (e.g., MAME BIOS Pack , Arcade ROMs Complete Set ). In these packs, dl-1425.bin and qsound-hle.zip are often placed in the same folder because: