'Analog Dinosaur' succumbs to the joys of FBA : enter Raspberry Pi 2/IQ-Audio DAC+!!

[SteveW]

Cheers Grant
Good to learn. Going to have a go at putting it all together tomorrow.
Thanks ...Steve

[cyclopse]

With my listening tests I have noticed the stock network provider router sounds much better than an Asus VDSL router. Anyone tried a linear supply on their router? Will need a 12V 1A in my case.

Regards

Steve

[struth]

With my listening tests I have noticed the stock network provider router sounds much better than an Asus VDSL router. Anyone tried a linear supply on their router? Will need a 12V 1A in my case.

Regards

Steve

Are you pulling the music over the router, ie with nas or the like??

[cyclopse]

Are you pulling the music over the router, ie with nas or the like??

Yes NAS is on desktop computer in one of the bedrooms.

[struth]

ah, thought that. Ive never managed to do that as of now. tried a couple of times. Not literate enough lol. I would imagine that it would improve things that way. good psu always helps I think. I ran my pi with a linear for a while but tbh I never heard an awful lot of difference but plenty folk do apparently. certainly worth a try.

[Mark Grant]

Yes NAS is on desktop computer in one of the bedrooms.

That's slightly unusual as most NAS are on the network with an Ethernet cable plugged into the router.
If the NAS is somehow directly connected to that computer then all the data is most likely going through that computer rather than directly on the network which might not be ideal if you are trying to optimise everything.
A Synology NAS plugged into the router takes some beating for ease of use and reliability and low power consumption.

[lurcher]

I do the same, I don’t have a separate NAS as such (which is only just a small Linux or Windows computer with one or more disk drives after all) I just have a couple of TB disks in the Linux desktop in the office that shares the music files on it.

IMHO, there is nothing magic about a separate NAS device.

[Soulman]

Cheers Grant
So if I want to put the Moode image file on it, I need to format it to clean Raspian from the card ?

There's a free Mac program called Pi Filler, install this (it'll show up in Launchpad via the dock) and download your chosen software (Moode 2.3 is great, especally if you use a NAS), follow the Pi Filler instructins and after 5 mnutes you'll have a formatted and filled memory card.

Few bits and pieces to setup in Moode (NaS address, i2s dac etc) and then, once your music library is loaded, off you go.

[WAD62]

IMHO, there is nothing magic about a separate NAS device.

IMHO there's not much in the world of IT that actually is 'magic', however...

My QNAP NAS is fanless, cheap (in comparison with a PC/Laptop), runs at 12W, sleeps at 5W, provides RAID capabilities for D/R, and provides me with a true 'server' power schedule capability permitting scheduled down times (0 W ) over a weekly period...not 'magic', more 'advantageous'

[Mark Grant]

IMHO, there is nothing magic about a separate NAS device.

No magic here.

I am the same as Will, a NAS due to reliability, low power consumption, easy to configure etc, they generally just work for years once the shares etc are setup.

Presently using a Synology 214+ with a linear PSU although it is overkill really and a 214 or 'J' model would have done.

Everyone has their favourite brands and sticks to them once familiar with an interface and not everyone likes to tinker with 'raw' linux or knows how to.
Each to their own as always