Euphony OS w/Stylus player setup and issues thread

[k27R]

12 hours ago, mnuno10 said:

I don't understand what do you mean in step 1).

Euphony detects my Optane drive, at least it appears in "Internal Storage" section, I can locate is an Option to copy/transfer my installation to Optane.

I'm using a 32gb USB to boot Euphony, maybe the problem could be that my USB stick has more GBs than my Optane, and Euphony hides the option to copy/transfer because it can't copy the full structure?!

Thank you @davide256

The Euphony website says that the trial version does not allow you to install the OS to an internal drive.

[k27R]

New update.  Working fine on my Pink Faun.

20200712
- Latest Roon binaries included
- Fix for Roon -> StylusEP playback via HQPe control interface
- Link for release changes is now obvious
- Removed the limit of 5 displayed saved filters 
- Prevent usage of 'Copy app data to RAM' ramroot option with Stylus or Roon
- RAM limits for entering ramroot are slightly reduced
- Latest HQPe options added to Euphony UI

[k27R]

I must be the only one that found the sound quality difference with the latest release to not necessarily be an improvement.  I noticed a little more detail (mostly in the highs) that others are reporting and a little more authority in the lows, but I find the sound to be less natural overall and noticeably shorter soundstage (the first thing I noticed right off the bat). The release must’ve affected the balance I had with my configuration somehow, and I probably need to tweak some settings to optimize it. But reverted back 20200712 and all is well again, so I’ll probably just stick with this as long as I can.

[k27R]

2 hours ago, davide256 said:

Correct. By default Stylus buffers the first song and next for local play. If you look at your Qobuz playing list you will not see the track color

change to buffered and the manual states streaming services do not use Stylus buffer

 

local music with  1st two tracks buffered automatically

 

Qobuz playing, no buffering by Stylus

 

The manual states that with online streaming, it buffers the track playing and two subsequent tracks on the current playlist. The colored “i” doesnt show this like it does for local though, but the manual states this is how online streaming works regardless of the settings.

[k27R]

Yes thanks so much for your assessment. Did you try changing core isolation strategy with each of the versions? Or is that not enough to overcome the sound of the Euphony version?

[k27R]

How are you guys doing the fresh install? Are you formatting the OS hard drive and removing all of the partitions first?

[k27R]

19 hours ago, Lukasluis said:

Has anyone compared their Euphony rigs with the Bluesound node 2i or the ifi Zen Stream? I'm thinking of simplifying my digital system. 

depends on how resolving your system is and how much the drop in sound quality matters to you. I had a node 2i in my system for about a month. It wasn’t awful when used with an external Dac, but there was a noticeable drop in resolution compared to my Euphony rig, which has a very natural sound. The node 2i  sounded more “digital” overall in my main system, and it wasn’t enjoyable for me. It was perfectly fine in my less resolving second system, however.

[k27R]

I’m using the terms “resolution” and “digital” to describe my subjective listening impressions, not the actual file or format attributes