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That worked, thank you!

I just updated to 8.30 on Pi2AES. I am trying to install squeeze2upnp but I get this:

Where can you get a Holo Red? Everywhere I look seems to be out of stock...

Your question was very broad and I think a little overwhelming for people to answer. It also would probably be better posted in the Mercury Streamer thread to Mercury users can offer specific advice. I posted instructions on page 8 there for formatting and accessing an NVME drive in the Mercury to use it as a music storage device as well as a streamer. I was able to do this with Gentooplayer but as far as I can tell there is no easy way to do this Volumio or other Pi software without some coding knowledge. Assuming you have Gentooplayer installed, I would follow those instructions to create a shareable NVME drive. After that, you have to select your DAC (Hifi Digiberry Pro), your player (LMS, MPD, whatever), etc. The player you choose will determine what client software you use. A squeezelite player requires a Logitech client to configure and play. For MPD and upmpdcli, you can use a suitable MPD or DLNA/UPnP client. Lumin is a good playback client for portable devices but you need to install/activate Minimserver and BubbleUpnP in Gentooplayer. GP isn't plug-and-play like Volumio or Ropieee, but it offers many more options to use the Mercury as a streamer and server. If you get the basics set up, some of us can help you refine the process.

I see what you mean about .37. I tried your kernel and it's very precise and clear, detailed but not annoying. ;-) I'm back to 6.1.1-RT. The instruments are a touch less focused, but it's a bit more open and relaxed, for me.

Thanks, I'll try it. Not so much "edge" as the music feeling small and constricted. Much more open and relaxed with 6.1.1. More air and ease in the top end.

Thank you. The Pi2AES sounds ***much better*** with 6.1.1 and the TWKs. I was trying the PI2AES alone because with 8.2, Diretta sounded really bad! I'll try these and the other kernel in the host.

Thanks for this. I too found 8.2 rather harsh sounding. At the same time I had made some changes in my homebrew amplifiers and thought maybe that was the cause. I will try 6.1.1. Are those the settings you are using in TWK, or something different?

OpenHome is a protocol used by various controller apps, like Lumin, to engage the Qobuz stream. Stream quality is whatever resolution you want as the highest for best Qobuz sound quality.

I have two machines, an Allo Bridge (Rpi3) and a Pi2AES (Rpi4). The update to 8.20 went fine on the Rpi3 but failed on the Rpi4. "Failure merge world" or something like that, I have lost the message. Any ideas?

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For AP2Renderer point your browser to IPAddress:7779 For APlayer it's IPAddress:7778 If you go back to p. 184 in this thread you'll see some settings bodiebill posted that got rid of dropouts with AP2Renderer for me.

This is an invaluable series. Thanks so much for your efforts!

The iFi Galvanic 3 is no longer available unfortunately. And while I don't doubt it sounds good, I'm not sure I see the need for the Audio-GD unit when the Pi2AES measures just as well if not better on its own. I'd be interested to hear it but I'm not in the market for an extra device at the moment. I tried the Pi2AES with separate power supplies but didn't really feel it was an improvement. I like it just the way Mike sells it. ;-) I *am* liking what Diretta does, though. Quieter background, better focus, instruments and voices in higher relief, more clearly defined.

I'm using my old Allo USBridge as a host for Diretta with a Shanti, sent to Pi2AES as target. I'd love to see some cable mods for the Shanti. Soldering doesn't bother me. ;-) The Allo Bridge with Digione Sig hat is quite good, but I can't yet beat my Pi2AES as the renderer. SUCH a good sound. But the Holo Red is tempting... ;-)