![]() A 'Pi with PiCorePlayer on the other hand is bang up to the minute - with DSD512 and all the other bells and whistles. I am using a legacy Touch in another room too. Guidance / thoughts for a poor, down-trodden, somewhat confused fellow ML user? I use Summits and OPPO 205, and some odd amplifiers (ARCAM P1s, Yamaha MX-2000, etc. And with Innuos, a DAC will be required as well.Īurender look to have some pretty fair solutions, with their own interface, and apparently rock-solid (trouble-free) performance, and a quality signature as well. Their product line seems to have pretty much stopped, as far as I can see, except for their Re-clocker. Innuos is a problematic choice because although they have been talking about having their own interface "that is just about to come out" for over a year now, nothing has been produced and they have no timeline they are willing to state. I started with Innuos, after reading some very favorable reviews, and have looked at the Zenith MK III, Statement (Ouch!), and more recently Aurender, owing to the number of CDs we own (as Zigman mentioned above). However, I want a device that has a great quality ripper (a must-have), that is very easy and intuitive to use, and does not require a computer to make it all work, or even e ion the same room, for that matter. If the device incorporates streaming, that's great. I am basically interested in a music server, I guess. Love this thread! Must confess to much of this being a bit confusing to me. Smaller companies like Aurender/Auralic/Innuos, or those who don't have an open source or sufficient installed base to self-perpetuate might be problematic. Larger companies like Naim/NAD/Yamaha/etc are arguably a gamble worth taking. The longevity of the open source architecture of Squeezebox demonstrates exactly that. That's where you really need to buy from a larger company, or something open source. Oh, and I'd imagine it would be harder (or nigh on impossible) to get coax or AES output, if you need/want that.Īfter all that though - the basic architecture you need is essentially the same - a headless/capable/quiet low-end computer in the listening room to serve up the digital data to a capable DAC of your choosing, and a server/controller/data storage somewhere else, far away from the listening room.Īnother real issue is that you need to be sure the server you choose is going to be around to support/maintain (and maybe even improve) the interface. If you can get around those two issues, you should be set. The only issues I see with this (over something like the 'Pi) is that you have a noisy fan and possibly a noisy (and vibrating) hard disk sitting in the listening room with you. If you're prepared to invest a small amount of time (it is by no means hard, but I'm not going to say it is as easy as handing over $3,000 to Aurender), it is capable of anything and will free you from virtually all the frustrating limitations. There is no shortage of hardware configurations either - I am using a PiFI Digi+ I2S digital out for my main listening room - but in "System 2" I am experimenting with DSD through the USB output. PiCorePlayer allows you to quickly and easily turn a spare 'Pi into a highly configurable and versatile player - and to be honest, it probably has better specs than the sort of processing hardware you get when you pay $multi-thousands to some snake-oil "would-be-if-they-could-be" hi-fi company. SqueezeboxServer / Logitech Media Server is still by far and away the best streaming software out there and only now is it clear how well ahead of its time it was when it was released. ![]() This led me to build my own with PiCorePlayer and a RaspberryPi. There is no clearer example of how far behind hi-fi companies are at exploiting computer tech. They are all compromised or limited in some way or another. So far, I have not found any "good" media streamer. It will be interesting to see what people say. ![]()
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