Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Location: Aube, France
Posts: 49
I'm Ian.
It would be nice to hear from Andre regarding the current state of play.
I'm in the market for a new streamer and one of these would be on my shortlist.
Location: KY - Scotland
Posts: 5,470
I'm Mike.
Location: Aube, France
Posts: 49
I'm Ian.
Volumio have a new streamer on the way: https://volumio.org/epic-journey-called-volumio-motivo/
EDIT: I see it's already been flagged up earlier in the thread.
Ultrafide U500DC power amplifier - Croft Vitale )highly modified) - TRIO L-07D Turntable - Denon DL103C1 - Funk Firm Houdini - Lentek MC head amp - 15" Tannoy Monitor Gold Loudspeakers in Lockwood Major cabinets (From Trident Studios) - Tannoyista SPEC 3 Custom Crossovers - VanDamme Black Speaker Cable
Tannoyista.com - Audio Equipment Reviews
This could be even superber, if that's a word. We'll just need an exchange rate miracle: https://www.oktoresearch.com/dac8stereo.htm
Location: Hong Kong
Posts: 4
I'm Ben.
Firstly, thank you to the OP for taking the time to write up the review of this device. I am looking at upgrading my Sonos Connect and have been looking at the Primo partly based on the review it got on Darko's youtube channel and the write-up above.
I am quite new to streaming so forgive what might be a newbie type of question. Can the Primo handle playback of the Tidal masters MQA file format? I haven't been able to get clarity on that from the online searching I've been doing over the last few days.
Any feedback/thoughts on the above would be hugely appreciated.
Location: KY - Scotland
Posts: 5,470
I'm Mike.
Here's the official thread on the Volumio forum, not sure if you'll find the answer there.
https://forum.volumio.org/volumio-pr...ad-t11397.html
The short answer is that Volumio will handle MQA files if you have an MQA-enabled USB DAC.
The longer answer is this thread: https://forum.volumio.org/mqa-t10205.html