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  1. Since Euphony requires its own operating system and Roon server/core requires ROCK to run on a NUC, I don’t think you can run them both on the same NUC, at least without getting into the complexity of running multiple Docker containers or something. I run the Stylus EP on a NUC. I run my Roon core on a SonicTransporter but a Nucleus, another NUC, or even a Windows/Mac can run the Roon Core. Then you simply put the StylusEP into Roon mode. It can then be discovered by any Roon remote device and you control the music choices via the Roon remote interface. The StylusEP is simply a Roon endpoint that streams to your DAC.
  2. That 768kps would compare pretty closely to what I was seeing from Amazon Music.
  3. Thanks. So, does that also mean the Apple Music bitstream is NOT 12.8 Mbps? Therefore, the actually streaming quality may not be any better/different than what Amazon Unlimited Dolby Atmos is offering?
  4. This article got me interested in doing some experiments today. I’ve been ripping Immersive music from BluRay and downloading MCH (mostly 5.1) from Native DSD for a while. But this article got me interested in streaming, so I thought I’d try it today. I have a theater configured with 11.6.8 speakers that already has a last year’s Apple TV 4K and an Amazon FireTV cube (2nd gen). Both devices are connected to a Trinnov 32 and the room has been professionally calibrated, so I have no need for a PC or Mac for room correction DSP. I signed up for a trial of both Apple Music and Amazon Music Unlimited. I tried Amazon first. Content choices were not great but I found some Dolby Atmos tagged music and tried it. The Trinnov told me I was receiving a Dolby Digital bitstream at a sample rate of 48KHz and a bitrate of a little over 700K. It sounded okay and the Trinnov showed it was exercising most of my surround and top speakers, but I wasn’t as impressed as I am when listening to 5.1 DSD via Roon (downsampled to 176.4KHz by Roon for the Trinnov DACs, which can only handle up to 192Khz. I then tried Apple Music. If I stuck to music that was tagged Dolby Atmos, the Trinnov was showing it was receiving Dolby Atmos/TrueHD, still bit streaming at 48KHz. Bitrate was significantly higher at about 12.8Mhz. I’ve read that you can’t get TrueHD from Apple Music with an Apple TV, so I found this a bit puzzling. If it isn’t bit perfect TrueHD, it’s doing a good job of fooling the Trinnov. Sound from Apple was much more immersive and clean sounding, so at least they are putting that extra bandwidth to good purpose. I wasn’t crazy about either service in terms of titles available but I’m going to cancel Amazon Music for now and stick with Apple for a month or two, so I have more time to learn more about Apple Music and how to more easily find Classical or Jazz albums remixed in TrueHD.
  5. Two questions. 1) If I have multiple USB cards that I want to upgrade, can I include all of them in a single shipment? 2) The XE cards both mount in peripheral slots that exposes all the connections though an existing opening in the computer case. For the clock, I'd like to do something similar for the power connection. I'm thinking I can take a blank slot cover and drill it out to be able to mount an internal power cable that can run from the slot cover to the clock module. Can you recommend a cable that will work with the Optimo power cables and the clock power input?
  6. Maybe you’re thinking of the Sony PS3? Those had to be downgraded to an old version of firmware in order to rip SACD, after Sony got wise to the fact they were be used for that purpose.
  7. That makes sense. The principal behind using fiber in the signal path is that in the process of converting the bitstream from electric pulses to light pulses, any RF or EMI noise in the bitstream will be filtered out. SFP+ can carry a higher data rate, up to 10GHz, which is meaningless, since even the the 1GHz speed of SFP is more than enough for any audio stream.
  8. Ja, du kannst Rippen von SACDS in den Spielern erwiesen, die: 1) haben Mediatek-Chips MT8580 (wie Oppo 103/105, Cambridge Audio 752bd/cxu, Pioneer bdp-lx58/88) oder MT8560 (wie Pioneer BDP-160, 170 und BDP-80FD) 2) eine Ethernet-Verbindung haben 3) haben Sie normale Fabrik-Firmware (d.h. keine Mods)
  9. I’ve been using the version with a GUI that allows you to enter the IP address before connecting but I seem to recall that the .exe file has a .cfg file that you have to edit to input the IP address of the Oppo in. Should be in the original setup instructions if you still have them.
  10. Does the IP address of your player have any leading zeros? If it does, don't use them in the IP address field. For example, if the player has an IP addr of 192.168.001.100, input this into the ISO2DSD interface as 192.168.1.100. This caught me out when I first downloaded the newest version of sacd_extract.exe. Hopefully, it's the same for you.
  11. I did some further testing and the file plays DSD via Roon but not JRiver. So I'll dig into the JRiver settings. I haven't used it in a while and something could have gotten screwed up when I upgraded to V28.
  12. I have ripped over 100 SACDs with both a PS3 and an Oppo 105 over my network with no issue. I recently bought an SACD from Intervention Record of a Joe Jackson album. I tried ripping it on both the PS3 and the Oppo. SACD Extract start up, finds the disc, reads the metadata, and proceeds to rip. It appears to be successful and the files sizes are large, as I would expect. I've tried to play them with multiple DACs using both JRiver and Roon. The DACs show they are receiving a DSDx1 bitstream but there is no audio, just silence. I've tried ripping the tracks as DSF and I also tried ripping an ISO but not having any luck. The disc itself plays fine in multiple SACD players I've tried it with. Any ideas?
  13. I tested a microRendu this morning with JRiver 26 latest release and it works fine in MPD/DLNA mode. I don't use this regularly since I prefer Roon but I did see in the settings for MPD that there is a check box for compatibility with JRiver. Once I checked that and switched the app from Roon to MPD, it popped right up in JRiver Playing Now list.
  14. No, I never tested with the Bridge card removed. I'll give that a try.
  15. My experience has been the opposite in my system. For me, I rank the inputs on the Directstream in terms of sound quality as 1) i2S via the ultraDigital (of course, the ultraDigital can be feed by any version of Rendu, I happen to use a SOtM in my setup). 2) the Bridge II (not the original Bridge which may be what your boss had) with a fiber isolator between the switch and the Bridge II (I use the TrippLite which does support 10Mbps-1G). 3) USB direct from a streamer (I tried it but no longer use this input).
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