Dev Report post #801 Posted November 25 13 hours ago, austinpop said: A couple of excellent features are coming to Euphony/Stylus. One that I have been beta testing is a UI option in the Queue view to buffer all tracks in the queue from the current track on. This makes a noticeable impact on SQ, as you can wait for all tracks to be in RAM before playing the list. The other feature that looks promising is the ability to direct Stylus output to a UPnP renderer. I wish I had had this when I had the dCS Bartók review unit. i gather the Euphony folk are busy working on the launch of a new product - their Essentia server, but no details are known yet. Wow, excellent. I wish all these neat SQ enablers were available with Roon. So are you going straight to the DAC' USB with Stylus or do you have in-between Stylus endpoint ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobfa Report post #802 Posted November 25 15 hours ago, austinpop said: A couple of excellent features are coming to Euphony/Stylus. One that I have been beta testing is a UI option in the Queue view to buffer all tracks in the queue from the current track on. This makes a noticeable impact on SQ, as you can wait for all tracks to be in RAM before playing the list. The other feature that looks promising is the ability to direct Stylus output to a UPnP renderer. I wish I had had this when I had the dCS Bartók review unit. i gather the Euphony folk are busy working on the launch of a new product - their Essentia server, but no details are known yet. Rajiv, OH I needed that (still need) the UPnP render stuff for my Allo USBridge Sig endpoints. Thanks! My Audio Systems Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
austinpop Report post #803 Posted November 26 15 hours ago, Lukasluis said: I hope this feature will be extended to Tidal tracks. I've asked about this and was told that Euphony are very mindful of preserving copyright and preventing piracy of streamed content. So while there is still RAM buffering of Tidal and Qobuz streams, you can't pre-buffer an entire queue of tracks as you can with local content. Still, in my experience, with the per-track buffering as implemented, the SQ of an identical track on Qobuz is about as close to local as I have ever achieved in my system. My Audio Setup Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
austinpop Report post #804 Posted November 26 14 hours ago, flkin said: It will be interesting to see whether the new EtherRegen will have any effect as the music is buffered 100% in such an Euphony setup. Even with 100% pre-buffering, the switch still has an effect - at least with the SOtM. My Audio Setup Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
austinpop Report post #805 Posted November 26 4 hours ago, bobfa said: Rajiv, OH I needed that (still need) the UPnP render stuff for my Allo USBridge Sig endpoints. Thanks! I hear you. Nice review! My Audio Setup Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Holzohr Report post #806 Posted November 26 On 11/25/2019 at 5:10 AM, austinpop said: The other feature that looks promising is the ability to direct Stylus output to a UPnP renderer. That's interesting! I am just playing with JPLAY Femto on my Windows machine. Stylus plus JPLAY Femto as renderer that could be a winning team. 1 motberg reacted to this Euphony (Roon/HQPlayer, Stylus) --> "magic" NUC7CJYH (Euphony-ramroot/NAA, StylusEP) / pi3B+/HifiBerry Digi + Pro (GentooPlayer-ramroot/RoonBridge) --> Matrix Audio X-Sabre Pro (MQA) --> B & M Prime 6 bedroom: pi3/DigiOne (RoPieee) --> S.M.S.L M500 --> KRK Rokit 5 or AKG 712 Pro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aangen Report post #807 Posted November 27 People on a forum I visit are comparing the sound of their systems when using Roon 1.7 and a system driven by JRiver. Some believe the JRiver setup sounds noticeably better. Seeing as how Euphony makes it so easy to switch from a Roon Stylus mode to a Squeezebox setup that can easily be used with JRiver, I am now listening to that setup. I love what I hear with the Roon setup but this is sounding a bit better. I am curious if anyone has any thoughts on this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davide256 Report post #808 Posted November 27 16 hours ago, aangen said: People on a forum I visit are comparing the sound of their systems when using Roon 1.7 and a system driven by JRiver. Some believe the JRiver setup sounds noticeably better. Seeing as how Euphony makes it so easy to switch from a Roon Stylus mode to a Squeezebox setup that can easily be used with JRiver, I am now listening to that setup. I love what I hear with the Roon setup but this is sounding a bit better. I am curious if anyone has any thoughts on this. since you don't list a system, hard to know what you are actually hearing as a difference. Weak gear in the audio chain can easily send you down a false path... I've been there. Regards, Dave Audio system Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aangen Report post #809 Posted November 28 Hi David, I am not looking for advice about my system, I'm curious if others have compared listening to music via Roon vs. say, JRiver on their systems. After extended listening I have decided there does not appear to be a large difference on mine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lukasluis Report post #810 Posted Tuesday at 05:56 AM Has anyone compared the sound signatures of Stylus and Roon 1.7 in a single-box Euphony machine? I find that I like Stylus for Jazz and Classical music and prefer Roon for Rock. I noticed an improvement with Roon after upgrading to 1.7 2 aangen and motberg reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davide256 Report post #811 Posted Wednesday at 05:50 PM On 12/3/2019 at 12:56 AM, Lukasluis said: Has anyone compared the sound signatures of Stylus and Roon 1.7 in a single-box Euphony machine? I find that I like Stylus for Jazz and Classical music and prefer Roon for Rock. I noticed an improvement with Roon after upgrading to 1.7 Yes... Roon has a fuzzy quality compared to Stylus in my 1 box system. Have been going back and forth lately between the two trying to get Roon to sound better. From best to worse 1. WIn/Roon server on AMD PC-- media on Synology NAS -- i7NUC as Stylus endpoint 2. Euphony/i7NUC as Roonserver/endpoint with local HD 3. Euphony/i7NUC as Roonserver/endpoint -- media on Synology NAS 4.Win/Roonserver on AMD PC with local HD--i7NUC as stylus endpoint this surprised me as my best sound with Roon eliminates RAAT. Using #1, its a tossup between Roon and Stylus, Stylus has better transients but Roon doesn't accentuate irritants on CD quality recordings. All comparisons done in normal Stylus mode, I find loading to RAM creates treble irritants and accentuates odd order harmonics. 1 aangen reacted to this Regards, Dave Audio system Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcn3 Report post #812 Posted Wednesday at 08:44 PM 2 hours ago, davide256 said: Yes... Roon has a fuzzy quality compared to Stylus in my 1 box system. Have been going back and forth lately between the two trying to get Roon to sound better. From best to worse 1. WIn/Roon server on AMD PC-- media on Synology NAS -- i7NUC as Stylus endpoint 2. Euphony/i7NUC as Roonserver/endpoint with local HD 3. Euphony/i7NUC as Roonserver/endpoint -- media on Synology NAS 4.Win/Roonserver on AMD PC with local HD--i7NUC as stylus endpoint this surprised me as my best sound with Roon eliminates RAAT. Using #1, its a tossup between Roon and Stylus, Stylus has better transients but Roon doesn't accentuate irritants on CD quality recordings. All comparisons done in normal Stylus mode, I find loading to RAM creates treble irritants and accentuates odd order harmonics. How does #1 eliminate RAAT? Doesn't Stylus set up as a Roon endpoint mean that Roon server uses RAAT to feed the Stylus endpoint? Just asking 'cause I don't know . . . . source: intel nuc8i5 (audiolinux, roon core) > intel nuc8i5 (ws2019, ao, roon bridge) > schiit yggdrasil (gen 5, analog 2) headphone rig: bryston bha-1 > senn hd600 two-channel rig: luminous audio axiom ii xlr walker mod > parasound a21 > monitor audio gx100 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
austinpop Report post #813 Posted Wednesday at 09:50 PM 59 minutes ago, jcn3 said: How does #1 eliminate RAAT? Doesn't Stylus set up as a Roon endpoint mean that Roon server uses RAAT to feed the Stylus endpoint? Just asking 'cause I don't know . . . . No, StylusEP interacts with Roon Core by presenting itself as a Squeezebox endpoint. Roon supports Squeezeboxes (see https://kb.roonlabs.com/Squeezebox_Setup), which at a technical level means it supports the SlimProto protocol. This is different from RAAT. My Audio Setup Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcn3 Report post #814 Posted Wednesday at 09:53 PM 1 minute ago, austinpop said: No, StylusEP interacts with Roon Core by presenting itself as a Squeezebox endpoint. Roon supports Squeezeboxes (see https://kb.roonlabs.com/Squeezebox_Setup), which at a technical level means it supports the SlimProto protocol. This is different from RAAT. Ah, that explains it! source: intel nuc8i5 (audiolinux, roon core) > intel nuc8i5 (ws2019, ao, roon bridge) > schiit yggdrasil (gen 5, analog 2) headphone rig: bryston bha-1 > senn hd600 two-channel rig: luminous audio axiom ii xlr walker mod > parasound a21 > monitor audio gx100 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davide256 Report post #815 Posted 21 hours ago Has anyone used their Euphony NUC as a bluetooth connection for headphones? I have bluetooth disabled, wondering if (a) it works with Euphony (b) if it is worthwhile with a good set of headphones. The idea of using a good wireless headphone like the Ananda BT in any room of the house with phone as Roon controller is very attractive. Regards, Dave Audio system Share this post Link to post Share on other sites