dCS Network Bridge

[Patatorz]

Good to know . Thanks 

 

 

[Bazinga]

I started out with a D1 server not D1 streamer “ New “ then a Antipodes DX 2 to a DX3 . Then a Bel Canto e stream for a fill in tilI I decided what to try next 

[Patatorz]

N10 is a server vs NB which is a streamer only. Do you need the server part of the N10 ?

[Bazinga]

5 hours ago, Patatorz said:

N10 is a server vs NB which is a streamer only. Do you need the server part of the N10 ?

Just ordered the NB , I’ll give it a try 

I use a NAS 

 

Thanks

[iefbo]

I’m really curious to read your findings.

Not many people have compared the n10 and the NB from a sq point of view.

I realize they are different beasts and there are more variables with the NB (nas, network, etc) but I’m still curious if the NB is not more flexible and equal from a sq point of view.

[Bazinga]

My Totaldac Twelve is getting upgraded to MK2 so It will be a couple weeks 

[JamesBardsley]

On 8/20/2017 at 11:42 AM, pam1975 said:

FWIW, I compared it to Naim's NAC272 with XPS DR and the dCS network bridge was very slightly better but a better deal and I didn't need a preamp anymore, only a network bridge so sold my Naim gear with 0 regret and 3K back in my pocket... 

Hi Pam/All

Pam - did you ever try streaming via the dCS Network Bridge into the 272 as a DAC?

Would that work - would it make the 272 sound better?

Jim

 

[Beolab]

New dCS Mosaic controlling App for all existing streaming products and a new dCS Mosaic Processor is announced today at Munich High End event: 

 

The app should be able to download from today, but i can’t find it yet. 

 

https://community.roonlabs.com/t/announcing-dcs-mosaic/69513

[Beolab]

The new Mosaic App is very fast to and much more stable than the old dCS Streaming App! 

 

Now you got Tidal , Qubuz , Deezer , Internet Radio , UPNP , USB and Spotify as clients. 

 

@AMP

One thing that needs to be fixed is that you need to be able to search for new songs in Tidal, you can just find like 1 of 10 artist if you try do a search in Tidal. 

 

Deezer search works fine. 

 

Then if you could see like the bitrate would be great like in the old app. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

I used the new app today for a bit. Very nice. 

[Cooler]

If im using Mosaic App can i get rid of roon server and use just dcs bridge connected to router?

[Patatorz]

I think you need a server somewhere (upnp ?)

[The Computer Audiophile]

8 minutes ago, Cooler said:

If im using Mosaic App can i get rid of roon server and use just dcs bridge connected to router?

Technically you can do what you want. 

 

Do do you have music stored locally?

[Cooler]

I want to use only streaming,  just Tidal or Qobuz for that.

[Patatorz]

So you dont need any server i guess

[KunterK]

@AMP

The Mosaic app (I use Android) is quite pleasant to use however Tidal search has problems. Does not return any results. Also, going to the favourites in Tidal, albums bit came back empty. 

 

I left the send feedback option open. Hope you guys clear the problems soon.

 

Cheers 

[AMP]

 

7 hours ago, Beolab said:

 

Then if you could see like the bitrate would be great like in the old app. 

 

Yeah, this isn't going to happen. 

 

Bitrate is irrelevant for a compressed stream (e.g. FLAC) as all it's telling you is the effectiveness of the compression on that particular file. For an uncompressed stream you can calculate it yourself  bps = bit_depth * sample_rate * number_of_channels where sample rate is in Hz (44100 not 44.1).

 

 

7 hours ago, Beolab said:

 

One thing that needs to be fixed is that you need to be able to search for new songs in Tidal, you can just find like 1 of 10 artist if you try do a search in Tidal. 

 

 

2 hours ago, KunterK said:

The Mosaic app (I use Android) is quite pleasant to use however Tidal search has problems. Does not return any results. Also, going to the favourites in Tidal, albums bit came back empty. 

 

@Beolab and @KunterK

 

We don't provide technical support here. Please raise your issue on our support forum:

 

https://dcs.community/c/support

 

Please provide  information as to what you are searching for, what result you are expecting, and what result you are actually getting (screenshots are very useful). For issues with a service like TIDAL it's extremely useful to know what country you are in.

 

[Beolab]

8 hours ago, AMP said:

 

 

Yeah, this isn't going to happen. 

 

Bitrate is irrelevant for a compressed stream (e.g. FLAC) as all it's telling you is the effectiveness of the compression on that particular file. For an uncompressed stream you can calculate it yourself  bps = bit_depth * sample_rate * number_of_channels where sample rate is in Hz (44100 not 44.1).

 

 

 

 

 

@Beolab and @KunterK

 

We don't provide technical support here. Please raise your issue on our support forum:

 

https://dcs.community/c/support

 

Please provide  information as to what you are searching for, what result you are expecting, and what result you are actually getting (screenshots are very useful). For issues with a service like TIDAL it's extremely useful to know what country you are in.

 

 

Yes bitrate is a smart floating stream that can variate depending on the quality, and if there is less or more information in the audio / video content, but what i had in mind was if you listen to a Flac file from Deezer it displays 16 bit 44.1 and the same if it is a 320kbits file also so you can't see if it is a native lossless or compressed lossy version. 

 

 And here is the answer from Andrew dCS about the search issue in Tidal: 

 

There is an intermittent issue with the provider we use to aggregate the search and browse interface from the various streaming services. They are working on correcting it.

 

 

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

9 hours ago, AMP said:

Yeah, this isn't going to happen. 

 

Bitrate is irrelevant for a compressed stream (e.g. FLAC) as all it's telling you is the effectiveness of the compression on that particular file. For an uncompressed stream you can calculate it yourself  bps = bit_depth * sample_rate * number_of_channels where sample rate is in Hz (44100 not 44.1).

Bitrate is really helpful for catching 320kbps streams and reporting them to streaming services as lossy content that got through QA. 

[Julius]

Hi,

I installed Mosaic yesterday on my iPad and I like most of the improvements.

However, I still have the same problem when I want to use the "¨play all" the tracks of an album.
I get an error message stating 'Could not add items to playlist. No items were added. (No playlist found).
So, I have to select each of the tracks by selecting "Add next" if I want to listen to the whole album.
My music resides on a Synology NAS.
Has someone encountered this problem? Is there a different way to listen to a whole album without needing to select each of the tracks individually?

Thanks,
Gilles

[AMP]

8 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Bitrate is really helpful for catching 320kbps streams and reporting them to streaming services as lossy content that got through QA. 

 

 

From the Mosaic User guide:

 

https://dcs.community/t/mosaic-ug-3-2-now-playing/260

 

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The track format information will allow you to quickly determine the resolution of the current source track as follows:

• Lossless PCM is shown as “PCM” along with the bit depth and sample rate regardless of the file format being played
• DSD is presented as DSD or DSDx2
• Lossy formats (AAC and MP3) are shown as the format and the bitrate (e.g. MP3: 320 kbps)
• MQA is identified with the authentication indicator and the original sample rate

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We only identify bitrate for lossy files as that’s the only time it’s useful. If it’s lossless you’re going to get bit depth and sample rate as those are far more useful. 

 

@Julius we don’t provide technical support here. If you’d like some help please post on our support site. 

 

https://dcs.community/c/support

[John Yow]

Is there a release note to the latest firmware update after the support for the dCS Mosaic "platform"? 

[Beolab]

Now the search function works as intended for Tidal in the Mosaic app 👍👍 

[KunterK]

@AMP

 

Congratulations on the Mosaic app. Started using it and enjoying it very much. Now that you have a proper solution to play music without the helps of software like Roon, dCS may consider a final touch to perfect the experience.

 

I want to use USB disk directly connected to the Network Bridge, which, when properly powered and connected, gives the best sonic results to my ears, and minimal complication. However, putting new files into the USB drive requires a lot of manual work, and is quite inconvenient. Can the Network Bridge provide a network share of the USB disk attached so that we can copy new files from the network directly? Is this something you can consider?

[Pedro Romão]

Is the phase change option/button missing on the new app? Or I just cannot find it?