Popular Post Jud Posted July 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2021 I trialed Roon before HQPlayer integration. I'm one of the few people who didn't like it on the basis of its UI. I've got my music alphabetically organized into folders by artist, then album. Roon considers that old-fashioned, but it's the way I've grown accustomed to finding music since I began buying LPs as a kid. So I didn't buy it after the trial. (I would have needed another player for sound anyway, at least for my personal subjective taste. As it turns out, Audirvana Studio on Windows or Mac, and HQPlayer on Linux, fit that bill nicely for me. Again, just my own personal taste.) mav52, AudioDoctor, Keith_W and 5 others 6 1 1 One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Popular Post Jud Posted July 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2021 57 minutes ago, miguelito said: To be honest, $500 is not enough to try and figure it out. I would prob consider a $350 headphone and a $150 dongle DAC if I really cared. kennyb123, miguelito and The Computer Audiophile 2 1 One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Jud Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 17 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said: Euphony OS Needs the computer running the OS to be connected to wired Ethernet (mine's connected via wi-fi) and the DAC to be connected via USB (I run a microRendu to which I stream via UPnP/DLNA or NAA), so I'm not able to explore the joys of Euphony. One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Popular Post Jud Posted July 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2021 I realize I'm in a Roon thread, so this may not be true of many of the folks here, but for $299 I think I'll do without Euphony. Already have 2 Linux distros installed, and if I want something headless and stripped down I can install one of the server versions. AudioDoctor and lucretius 2 One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Jud Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, hopkins said: I just downloaded and tried it. Not too interested in audio quality (my DAC does not need an "audiophile" player) - library management and Qobuz is of interest. Unfortunately, Qobuz features are not any better than what is available on other applications (I have tried Volumio, USB Audio Player Pro, and LMS). Moreover, on Stylus Qobuz purchases are not accessible. Other frustrating limitations with Qobuz, on all players, is the poor navigation. How difficult would it be to navigate from a list of searched tracks to an artist or to the corresponding album ? I'll pass. Perhaps Roon's forum is populated with evil Roon fans, and Roon does not answer every awesome feature requested by its users, but one has to admit that Roon integration is way above anything else. Unfortunately, I'm not going to pay the price for that. Will stick to browsing Qobuz on their website, adding albums to my favorites, until something better is available. For Qobuz integration I like Audirvana, but I'm guessing you've already tried it? One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Jud Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 14 minutes ago, hopkins said: MPD even has a Qobuz plugin, but Qobuz does not provide the credentials for using it! They prefer to have their customers pay for applications... Same with upmpdcli, a UPnP/DLNA renderer using mpd - Qobuz made it impossible for subscribers like me to use upmpdcli to stream Qobuz on Linux, though the Qobuz app's own streaming capabilities are still in development. (Another reason for me to use Audirvana.) One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Jud Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Richard Dale said: I use Qobuz with the MoOde UPnP service and it works just fine with client apps BubblePnP on Android and MconnectHD on iPadOS. Yes, I know BubbleUPnP works. For whatever reason, it's just upmpdcli. One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Jud Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, Richard Dale said: I have it running on MoOde and I assume it is what connects to Qobuz: pi@bw-mm1:~ $ ps axwww | grep upmpdcli 775 ? Ssl 5:52 /usr/bin/upmpdcli -c /etc/upmpdcli.conf I think I've been working from old news. See 2019-10-6 and 2020-12-08 news entries here: https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/upmpdcli/ One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Popular Post Jud Posted August 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2021 18 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said: edit: Just imagine if you went to the Dr and said Doc, my finger is broken and it's not working like all my other fingers. And instead of fixing that one finger, he broke all the others to match... Old Yiddish joke: Guy goes to a tailor to pick up a suit. He tries it on, and one leg is shorter than the other. He says "What am I supposed to do with this, I have somewhere to go this evening?!" The tailor says "Just bend the shorter leg a bit." The customer rolls his eyes, but what can he do? Then it turns out both arms are too short. The tailor says "Just pull up your arms a little." Grumbling, the customer complies. In this posture, he leaves the shop wearing the suit. Down the street a man stops him and exclaims "Who is your tailor?" The customer says "Why would you want the name of that incompetent?!" The other man says "Are you kidding? Anyone who can fit someone like you must be a genius!" Mike Rubin, The Computer Audiophile, Confused and 1 other 4 One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Jud Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 50 minutes ago, Axiom05 said: Not trying to be prickly, just trying to understand. I’ve used many different music players on both OSX and Linux and none of these players has an issue playing ALAC so it’s hard for me to understand why HQP is different. That being said, what is the best way to batch convert ALAC files to flac? OSX and Linux have all sorts of different tools. On Linux you'd probably be using ffmpeg or a GUI. On OSX I like XLD. You can also convert to AIFF, though that takes up more space since it's an uncompressed format. One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Jud Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 52 minutes ago, musicjunkie917 said: I have been running Roon and HQPlayer Embedded together on a sonicTransporter for over 4 years with only one issue that was a Small Green Computer problem. Having said that, I think Roon's support model sucks and that their COO is an egomaniacal idiot who should be kept away from customers. I didn't want you to think I was laughing at you with a simple emoji reaction, so I'll just say I got a real kick out of that last sentence and your ability to see beyond your own personal experience with hardware and Roon. One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Jud Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 1 hour ago, R1200CL said: …..also I’m able to type in an IP address, but nothing is happening. Can leave out 8088. No response. What version of what OS? One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Jud Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 11 hours ago, R1200CL said: Where ? Client or Core ? Client is on latest W10 pro. Core is latest embedded 4,28 I think it is, on Linux of cause. The reason I asked is because I experienced the client not working when both client and HQP itself were installed to a later version of (X)Ubuntu than the LTS version specified by Miska, because the expected versions of various libraries weren’t there. But this is a different use case than yours and so I think irrelevant. Sorry I wasn’t able to be of any help. One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Jud Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 3 hours ago, R1200CL said: You’re not normal. 59 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said: you're certainly welcome to your opinion. One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Popular Post Jud Posted December 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2021 4 hours ago, musicjunkie917 said: Software does not make noise. It may, which is another reason to isolate the software doing the heavy lifting. The Computer Audiophile, AudioDoctor and davide256 3 One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Jud Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 12 minutes ago, musicjunkie917 said: No. It's the hardware making the noise. It's called software for a reason. You can run the exact same software doing the same exact thing on two different hardware platforms and get drastically different noise profiles. It's the hardware...... Please read the linked post and Gordon Rankin’s response. These are two engineers with experience in audio hardware and software. https://www.audioasylum.com/forums/pcaudio/messages/12/126159.html One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Popular Post Jud Posted December 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, musicjunkie917 said: Nothing I read there invalidates or even challenges my point. Software cannot make noise. Period. When a piano player plays a piano, is the player making the sound or is the piano? Hint: It's not the piano player.... So you’re simply defining the issue away. That’s as valid as me saying electronics don’t make noise without electricity, so hardware can’t make noise. Fine, have it your way. FrankMA and The Computer Audiophile 1 1 One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Popular Post Jud Posted December 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2021 47 minutes ago, musicjunkie917 said: I have tried a whole bunch of stuff for an NAA, including the RPi4, in the past. The ultraRendu, as an NAA, is better than any RPi I have tried running any image. The differences I heard were clear, but “stark” or “much” are far stronger words than what describe the differences I heard. Some people here tend to overstate things. On the other hand, there are folks who would say there is no possible way you could hear “clear” differences. Your statement that someone else couldn’t be hearing “stark” differences is along the same lines. If we allow other people to have different opinions, that’s what makes for interesting conversations. austinpop and AudioDoctor 1 1 One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
Jud Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 18 minutes ago, musicjunkie917 said: I have very good ears We’ll need a certificate from your audiologist. 😏 AudioDoctor 1 One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
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