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  1. #11
    Join Date: Nov 2010

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    I'm Will.

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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    Still prefer mine in its little wooden box I think. Feel the screens are more work than benefit, at least to me. But if you are to go that way, then its half the price of the audiophonics one, so a good buy
    Agreed...Just to clarify I have mine in a dog bone case, and use Orange Squeeze on tablet or phone as the interface (for 2 Pi DACs & 2 SBs)...looking at 'Bonky's' thread made me realise that the full case and display were beyond my DIY skills and patience!

    I think there's a certain 'steam punk' elegance to the naked piDAC...
    Last edited by WAD62; 08-09-2016 at 09:50.
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    mmmmm naked Pi

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeyb View Post
    mmmmm naked Pi
    ...steady now Homer
    Cheers, Will

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeyb View Post
    Can do that already with IQAUDIO software, or Roon Server provided you use a later Arm7 Pi, but I would expect it to run painfully slow if you have a large library. Don't Roon recommend i3/i5 upwards? Oh and it can't be controlled by less than an iPad 4 if you're using iOS.

    Plus nearly £500 for what is basically a search engine with music player and tied to Tidal makes it very expensive. I'd like to see Roon use other streaming services to make it more appealing. I tried it with 3 month free trial alongside a 3 month Tidal trial and I cancelled them both within a month as I just couldn't see what it gave me over MoOde (free) and Apple Music.
    Ah well, everyones different I wouldn't be without Roon now.
    So much more than a search engine with music player or I wouldn't have shelled out for it, but hey ho YMMV.

    Roon wouldn't recommend hardware it couldn't run on, and depends whether its Roonserver or Roon your talking about.
    AC POWER
    Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
    AMPS
    Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
    SPEAKERS
    Wharfedale Evo 4.4
    DAC
    PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
    TURNTABLE
    Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
    PHONOSTAGE
    Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
    DIGITAL
    OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
    MUSIC PLAYBACK
    Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
    Ipad Roon Remote.
    Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
    SPEAKER CABLES
    Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On
    "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
    INTERCONNECTS
    All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables

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