Euphony OS w/Stylus player setup and issues thread

[Joerg D]

Hi there,
did you also notice a change in the sound with today's new release?
For me the bass has increased. But not unpleasant, but in good quality.
I like it .

many Greetings
Joerg
 

[Joerg D]

Hello
I like Stylus because I like the sound very much. Actually I listen with Roon. But now I want to get to know Stylus better and I have some questions about how to use it.
It would be nice if you could help me.
How do I assign tags to songs and how do I create playlists and assign playlists to songs?
Does it matter whether I select in the setting that the music is loaded 100% into the memory or whether I select the function 
"Buffer queue to Ram " ?

Thanks for your help

Joerg
 

[Joerg D]

On 1/24/2021 at 9:53 PM, biosailor said:

 

I find that Euphony manual pretty awkward, and I'd appreciate too if the community here would help beginners by communicating their experience they gained by setting it up.

 

I myself had a hard time to get things going and for the moment I am using it for running Roon. That's the simplest setup, at least for me.

 

Here's just a bit of what I gained to answer your questions:

 

Assigning tags can be done in the album info. If memory serves me well, an album has three dots in the upper right corner. If you click on them, you get to the album info. In the album info you can change tags the way you like by clicking on the editing menu. See also my post from Saturday 23rd Jan.

 

I checked 100% buffering of music in the settings menu, but I haven't used Buffer queue to Ram (and I probably won't).

 

The people at Euphony Audio are very responsive, so you can also contact them, or open a ticket should you run into problems.

 

I keep my fingers crossed!

 

 

Thank you very much for your help. I can now add songs to a playlist. And I don't think it makes a big difference if I choose the " 100 % buffering" or if I choose the 
"Buffer queue to Ram".
I like Stylus, it sounds better than Roon+ SylusEP. If you know Roon, the change to Stylus is unfamiliar in terms of operation. But after a few days it works better and is fun.
Unfortunately, I can't activate ramroot because I only have 4 GB of RAM. Support configured it for me, but I didn't like it that much. I know that others are satisfied with it.
Should I try the expert mode, or better not?

Many greetings
Jörg

[Joerg D]

45 minutes ago, stefano_mbp said:

I’m trying Euphony since few days .... the sound is really good but ...

the library management is the worst I’ve ever found (compared to Audirvana and JRiver) and, the most important bug (anyone realized?), there is no gapless at all using HQPlayer .... this is unbelievable .... here end my trial ....

 

Hi there
I have also used Roon so far because of the ease of use. And I've been using the stylus for a week, if you spend a little longer on it, it gets better.
I just didn't manage to use Hqplayer under the stylus.
The symbol is shown in the display on the desktop, there is also no error message but there is no music.
You can always test the Hqplayer for 30 minutes.

Many greetings
Jörg

[Joerg D]

Hello,
my streamer has only  4 GB of ram. 8 GB is recommended for Ramroot. Euphony Support has discontinued Ramroot. I didn't like the sound that much. Very detailed but a bit thin and less bass.
Has anyone else tried Ramroot with 4 GB of Ram too?
Can someone explain the expert attitude?

Thank you
Jörg
 

[Joerg D]

Hello
Is someone using ramroot with 4 GB ram. How are the experiences?

 

Jörg
 

 

[Joerg D]

5 minutes ago, RickyV said:

works without any problems but I only steam via Tidal, I beleave only two songs into ram.

When I try to set Ramroot there is an error message.
How do you adjust it?
Does it sound better with 4 GB?
 

Jörg
 

 

[Joerg D]

37 minutes ago, RickyV said:

what’s the massage? How many songs are you putting in your playlist?

Are streaming Tidal?

Initially I thought it did because it draws less current but now my power supply is good enough it has changed, maybe just speculating.  I just recently switched to 8GB Apacer ram and that is much better. 

 

That is the error message. Željko then activated it for me. I don't know how he did it. The setting is gone after every update. I use Tidal, Qobuz and my music from the NAS. I didn't set the number of songs in the playlist.

 

Jörg

[Joerg D]

35 minutes ago, TheAttorney said:

Ramroot with 4GB RAM only uses 39% of the RAM, so plenty of space for a handful of redbook FLAC albums to also be buffered to play queue. I don't know what you mean by "set the number of songs in the playlist", but there is no need to enter anything into the "Buffering RAM (GB)" field. Let Stylus sort it out automatically, so it will allow you to keep adding tracks to the play queue, but it will stop buffering them (if you've chosen the buffer option) as RAM nears it's limit.

 

I did get that error message a long time ago, which caused Željko to adjust the RAM-limit check to cater for 4GB, but I've not had that error for several Euphony/Stylus updates now.

 

I think your issue may be that you are trying to Enable ramroot when there are items in the playlist, so Stylus has less free RAM available to it at the point of checking the limit. Try clearing the playlist, then enable ramroot. Once ramroot is enabled, you can then add as many tracks as you like to the playlist, as above.

 

Regarding 4GB vs 8GB SQ, the more important question is whether your are using a better sounding RAM. And the better sounding Apacer RAM is currently not readily available in 4GB, as per the recent posts in the last page or two of this thread.

 

Thanks for the help.
I deleted the queue, but I still get the error message. I did a reboot. But the error message always comes up. I also disabled "buffer before playing".

 

Jörg

 

[Joerg D]

Hi
has the sound changed?

For me, the sound has become slimmer, with less fundamental.
For others, it might sound better after the update.

 

Jörg

 

[Joerg D]

There is a new Update today.

My Update was from yesterday, has someone the Update from today ?
 

Jörg

 

[Joerg D]

Hi, then others have noticed that the sound is more analytical and less warm. After I go back to the January version it sounds more musical again.
 

Jörg

 

 

 

[Joerg D]

Hello
I feel exactly the same way. The February version is very precise but lacks warmth and musicality. With the 108, everything is very beautiful again.
I am amazed that an update can change the sound so much.
I enjoy the music more with Stylus.

Jörg
 

[Joerg D]

Is there anyone  who uses Romroot with 4 GB Ram ?

Jörg
 

[Joerg D]

6 minutes ago, Tokyokyoto said:

Hi,  I use 4 GB on my endpoint with no problems.

Hallo

I always get the message:

Sorry, you don't have enough RAM to use ramroot with Euphony.

 

Jörg

 

[Joerg D]

This is my system. Do i have to change anything? Why doesn't Ramroot go? 
 

Jörg

 

[Joerg D]

I am happy that Euphony has so many friends. Thanks to Željko for stylus. That way I enjoy the music more. Much better as with Windows.
I wish that the best of 108 and 117 will be combined in the next update.

Jörg

 

[Joerg D]

Hi
I have increased the min. max. frequency of the CPU. This made the sound nervous and cool. Have taken the old frequency again and the warmth and calm come back.
Jörg
 

[Joerg D]

1 hour ago, Johnseye said:

Does anyone have difficulty with Stylus either not playing song after song consecutively in the queue or just have a general difficulty playing songs at all?

 

I use Stylus with HQP Embedded.  I buffer each song 100%.  I almost never get a consistent listening experience.  Always struggling to get songs to play.  Not sure if it's Stylus, HQP or both.

 

Hi,
it may be because of the Hqplayer. It needs a lot of computing power. I had dropouts. Without a Hqplayer, the music plays immediately. Temp / CPU then shows a red bar.

Jörg

 

[Joerg D]

10 minutes ago, al2813 said:

 

Hi, I am still on version 108 (which was the first version I really installed as I purchased Stylus in January). Is it worth reverting to 102 as well? I have fired up the support site to submit a ticket but thought I'd ask here first :-) 

The 108 sounds very good, there is no need to switch to 102. It wasn't until 116 that the sound became slimmer.

 

Jörg

[Joerg D]

That would be perfect
👍

[Joerg D]

Hi, I think that many of the problems mentioned come from the hardware and not from Euphony. But Željko tries to help anyway. We should thank him for that.

 

Jörg

[Joerg D]

Hello

Differences in sound between streaming from Qobuz and music from the NAS?

 I've never heard any differences with Roon, with Stylus the differences are clear. Is it because the music is not loaded into the RAM when streaming? Or can stylus show the differences better?

 

Jörg

[Joerg D]

Thanks for the answer.
I didn't know that  2 Streaming songs would be loaded into the RAM. Then the difference cannot have anything to do with the ram.
Who also hears differences between music from the HD and Qobuz or Tidal ?

Jörg

[Joerg D]

Hello,
Thanks for the information. Isn't it the same whether the songs are loaded or buffered in the RAM?
Both the NAS and the internet go through an audiophile switch. No difference here either. Still, the same album sounds better from the NAS.
Is it the same with you too?

Jörg