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Built a system with nearly the same config as device #2. I exchanged the HifiBerry with an IQaudIO Pi-DAC+. Also runs out of the box with volumio, uses Burr-Brown DAC and has an additional headphone amplifier (TI TPA6133A). All is working fine and the sound quality is really amazing. I use it mostly with my Fidelio headphone and it is a fun to listen. Ingo

Hi Marc, looks like you don't have root permission to the nfs-share on your Voyage MPD. I don't know if you can set the option "no_root_squash" via Synologies GUI. If not you should be able to edit /etc/exports on your DS213 via putty. Maybe a Google search for synologie and no_root_squash could help. greetings, Ingo

If your ALIX board uses the tiny bios there is no ACPI and so hibernation won't work. Maybe something like this could be possible.

As I own a M1DAC and a Focusrite 2i2 here are my 2 cents: You can not compare these DACs. The 2i2 is a tool for musicians and it sounds in the same manner. I use it sometimes as an external sound card for my notebook in conjunction with some earplugs. Sounds better than internal, but not comparable to the M1DAC. Nevertheless the 2i2 is a nice device for digital recording and monitoring (where low latency is needed).

If you don't rely on a gui robocopy is worth a look. It is free, has full command line control and is able to mirror folders.

I don't know if it has been written here, but you should consider an external USB drive for backups. A drive mirror in the NAS doesn't substitute a backup. ingo