hurka Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Sparky Ultra /LPS1.1 - USBridge Ultra /LPS1.2 - Uspcb-Iso Regen/LPS1.3 - Uspcb -Singxer F1 Ultra A novel way to massively improve the SQ of the sMS-200 and microRendu... Link to comment
allo.com Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 16 hours ago, mentt said: I have couple of weeks with USBridge now. I can compare it with microRendu/lps1 combo. USBridge is more dynamic and has more air. You can say that USBridge has bigger sound and is more musical. Resolution is on the same level. It is interesting that USBridge can perform on this level with stock power supply and microRendu needs lps1 . in the end it comes down to personal taste and system. If you look at it from price point of view I would say decision should be easy my system: ATC scm19, NAD c388, Denon DAC/CD 1520 Thx you very much . Link to comment
volpone Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 18 hours ago, mentt said: USBridge is more dynamic and has more air. You can say that USBridge has bigger sound and is more Thank you @mentt , very interesting feedback ! But from your signature why are you using USBridge ? Isn't NADC388 BLUOS / RoonReady ? ROON > HQPlayer > USBridge > T+A DAC8 DSD > NAD M22 (Ncore Hypex) > Harbeth SLH5+Setup details Link to comment
k-man Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 1 hour ago, volpone said: But from your signature why are you using USBridge ? Isn't NADC388 BLUOS / RoonReady ? You would have to purchase the BluOS module for £399. I think USBridge is nice to test the waters first . Link to comment
volpone Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, k-man said: You would have to purchase the BluOS module for £399. I think USBridge is nice to test the waters first . Sure, understood ! ROON > HQPlayer > USBridge > T+A DAC8 DSD > NAD M22 (Ncore Hypex) > Harbeth SLH5+Setup details Link to comment
steklo Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 11 hours ago, hurka said: Sparky Ultra /LPS1.1 - USBridge Ultra /LPS1.2 - Uspcb-Iso Regen/LPS1.3 - Uspcb -Singxer F1 Ultra For those with SPDIF input DACs: Have you – or anyone else – been able to compare Sparky/LPS - USBridge/LPS – Singxer F-1 or SU-1 (or Schiit Eitr!) vs. RPi/LPS - DigiOne? Maybe hacking DigiOne to accept external PSU would bring the latter even further? Link to comment
mentt Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 5 hours ago, volpone said: Thank you @mentt , very interesting feedback ! But from your signature why are you using USBridge ? Isn't NADC388 BLUOS / RoonReady ? Yes, but you need to buy 500$ module for the blue OS and I have ordered ATC SI2 150 AMP for the ATC scm19 speakers Link to comment
volpone Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 @mentt : Congrats , very good setup ! ROON > HQPlayer > USBridge > T+A DAC8 DSD > NAD M22 (Ncore Hypex) > Harbeth SLH5+Setup details Link to comment
hurka Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 10 hours ago, steklo said: For those with SPDIF input DACs: Have you – or anyone else – been able to compare Sparky/LPS - USBridge/LPS – Singxer F-1 or SU-1 (or Schiit Eitr!) vs. RPi/LPS - DigiOne? Maybe hacking DigiOne to accept external PSU would bring the latter even further? Only rpi2-iso regen-singxerf1 vs sparky-iso regen -singxerf1 alredy posted ,the sparky(not burned in) relaxed,better!!!,rpi more digital taste. don't know digione, Link to comment
guiltyboxswapper Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Anyone had any success doing DSD Native rates (256 - 512) with an XMOS u208 based DAC or convertor (e.g. singxer su-1) ? Thanks Link to comment
DarwinOSX Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I'm about to order USBridge to connect to the USB port on my Kef LS50W speakers to use as a Roon endpoint instead of Apple TV connected to TV and TV connected to Kefs by optical. An already built and USB solution at low cost sounds perfect for me. Why would one choose DietPi or Volumio? Apart from the discount for DietPi. Link to comment
mentt Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 3 minutes ago, DarwinOSX said: I'm about to order USBridge to connect to the USB port on my Kef LS50W speakers to use as a Roon endpoint instead of Apple TV connected to TV and TV connected to Kefs by optical. An already built and USB solution at low cost sounds perfect for me. Why would one choose DietPi or Volumio? Apart from the discount for DietPi. Choose dietPi if you will use it as roon or LMS end point Link to comment
allo.com Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Discount has nothing to do with OS...its valid no matter the OS choice. Link to comment
DarwinOSX Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 31 minutes ago, allo.com said: Discount has nothing to do with OS...its valid no matter the OS choice. Yes I see that, I'm asking why one would choose one OS over the other. they both run Roon. It seems dietPi is more minimal. Link to comment
allo.com Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Only DietPi runs Roon. Volumio is also very solid with many features and based on mpd (dietpi is LMS) Link to comment
DarwinOSX Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 On 7/25/2017 at 10:59 AM, allo.com said: Only DietPi runs Roon. Volumio is also very solid with many features and based on mpd (dietpi is LMS) Ok I thought they both did. 'I see you can install Roon bridge on Volumio. So Roon is already in DietPi? Link to comment
franz159 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 What software would you recommend on the player side? I see the clear advantage of this as a Roon Endpoint, but what if (like me) you are not yet invested in Roon? Link to comment
k-man Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 A smaller investment would be HQPlayer Desktop, and USBridge to be configured as NAA/endpoint. No cost options would be either Logitech Media Server/Squeezelite, or Music Payer Daemon. All these options can be easily installed/uninstalled in the DietPi configuration screen. Link to comment
allo.com Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Yes Roon is available in DietPI Link to comment
allo.com Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 You can use any player...usbridge can be configured as airplay , upnp/dlna Link to comment
franz159 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 7 hours ago, allo.com said: You can use any player...usbridge can be configured as airplay , upnp/dlna Thanks. After LMS, and RuneAudio, in the past few years I have been using Moode which provides me a number of features including an easy MPD interface, UPNP and mini-DLNA support. I will start looking in more detail on options to manage them in Diet-Pi. Ideally, if I can attach a USB disk and use miniDLNA to index my 2Tb Music folder, I will start from there - with Lumin App as controller. In second instance, if supported, I would need BubbleUPnP server to manage Tidal streaming. franz Link to comment
franz159 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 On 27/07/2017 at 11:09 AM, k-man said: A smaller investment would be HQPlayer Desktop, and USBridge to be configured as NAA/endpoint. No cost options would be either Logitech Media Server/Squeezelite, or Music Payer Daemon. All these options can be easily installed/uninstalled in the DietPi configuration screen. At the moment I cannot consider introducing a laptop or a mac in my chain, which wold be required for a Roon or HQPlayer solution. I'm very keen to experiment with USBridge but I'd like the Sparky to also act as a player, getting my music from a connected 2Tb USB drive (I do not have a NAS currently). I guess I can achieve that either with Volumio or LMS running on the Sparky. Link to comment
k-man Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 21 minutes ago, franz159 said: I guess I can achieve that either with Volumio or LMS running on the Sparky. Yes I believe so too, as LMS can be installed with DietPi, and the USB ports on Sparky are available to attach storage. @allo.com can confirm? Link to comment
Skywatcher Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 I had a spare Sparky laying around so I decided to try it I downloaded the Volumio image from the site, placed it into an SD card, attached a USB Hard Disk with music files and my USB DAC to the Sparky and booted it. Volumio could see my music but no sound was coming out. Logging in showed me that volumio was trying to send the sound output to card 0 while my DAC was being listed as card 1. Changing the hardware output from 0 to 1 on mpd.conf solved it and I'm currently listening to Macy Gray's "Stripped" in 24bit/88.2KHz with no issues. So you probably have a solution there franz159. franz159 1 Link to comment
allo.com Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 On 7/29/2017 at 4:10 PM, k-man said: Yes I believe so too, as LMS can be installed with DietPi, and the USB ports on Sparky are available to attach storage. @allo.com can confirm? Confirmed. franz159 1 Link to comment
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