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From what I can ascertain a RasPi player will quite happily emulate a Squeezebox if you load it up with PiCorePlayer.Originally Posted by shane
How successful a marriage it is with LMS possibly lies with the level of LMS you're using, although with your mention of S3 I suspect you may be using a version of pre LMS server.
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What's all this techy-talk and 'fear of using Linux' about, chaps?
I've not had to bother with any of that bollox, since I'm solely using the Pi as method of streaming music files from two hard-drives, contained in a NAS box. Let's try and keep it 'simple stupid', for non-techy folks, with an aversion to using computers, trying to get into FBA. It's all starting to sound way more complicated than it actually is, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it!
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CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Its sure as hell scared me....Linux; I have never dared use as I know nothing....NOTHING
as for NAS drives? nope not got that either
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I know nowt about Linux either - less than nowt, in fact, but I didn't need to know anything about it, in order to use the Pi!
As for NAS drives, what I've got, as far as I know, is just a big square aluminium box with two hard-drives in it, which lights up and makes a whirring noise (due to the cooling fans inside), that is connected to my router, and from there onto the Pi, via cat5e cable. There's nothing complicated about it.
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Ali, you can even buy the RPi from Farnell and RS Components. They should be pretty cheap too. I got mine from RS Australia and they delivered it free.
Make sure you get the Raspberry Pi 2 B as this is the latest and most powerful version, which you'll eventually be able to try with Windows 10 when it's released for the RPi.
I've used mine with the Hifiberry DAC+ and it doesn't sound as good as the Digi+ s/pdif board into a Caiman II in my system. I might have to try this DAC as it seems to be the business.
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I must admit, this is sparking an interest in me... The Durio dual mono version looks superb too although they seem to not be up to date which is a shame as it doesn't say that it's compatible with the latest Pi. Probably is but still...
lol.. I too don't even want to touch Linux... those days are over for me.
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Welcome to a brave new world Marco so glad you embraced the dark side
One of the best things about this approach is the ablity to stream sites like Spotify with CD like quality I am listening to more music than ever using a similar approach
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What's the Volumio software like to use, Marco?...
I've not got a music server as yet, need to look in to that. Is using a HD too slow?.. or just not as instant.
Also, does it do gapless playback?.... (please say yes... please say yes)... heheh!
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Hi Marco,Hi Jerry,
As a music lover, first and foremost, it would not only be rather remiss of me, but completely ridiculous to ignore the benefits of using a device that both sounds superb and gives me access to near-limitless amounts of music, not to mention is as cheap-as-chips!
Much as I rate the sound of some NVA equipment, and have reported such on AoS, the Pi/IQ-Audio combo is in a different league, sonically, from the TFS - and I suspect will become even better with the addition of a high-quality linear PSU.
Marco.
Doesn't have to be that expensive a psu, I built one for £25 using a pre built board from ebay and toroidal transformer. It made a significant difference to the Pi/Pidac combo. Add a cheap £25 case to fit psu and Pi in and, as you said, it makes a stunning streamer for £120 (inc card and software)...
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Cheers Bernie, yes I've seen them on various sites, was wondering if there was a bundle somewhere with this dac.Ali, you can even buy the RPi from Farnell and RS Components. They should be pretty cheap too. I got mine from RS Australia and they delivered it free.
Make sure you get the Raspberry Pi 2 B as this is the latest and most powerful version, which you'll eventually be able to try with Windows 10 when it's released for the RPi.
I've used mine with the Hifiberry DAC+ and it doesn't sound as good as the Digi+ s/pdif board into a Caiman II in my system. I might have to try this DAC as it seems to be the business.
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