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  1. Thanks, will have a look at that. Minimserver/client already looks very intersting but the more options the better :-)
  2. The Minimserver/rendener seems like a very good candidate for my needs. @AudioDoctor Do you have some additional information how to set MPD for such feature ? thanks in advance.
  3. Trying to find more information I realize I am probably looking for an UPnP/DLNA server + renderer ? I see servers can do DSP and more.
  4. I know that HQ player can use a NAA but are there other software players who can do the same (maybe using another name for it?) I have an Intel PC running Linux as NAS and would be nice to run the player there including DRC / other heavy processing and send the audio over network to a light SBC sending out I2S to my DAC ? The SBC ( in my situation a BeagleBone Black ) runs Linux too (Debian).
  5. My cast are not interested in the speakers ... They start sniffing at the concrete base ... then the metal rod upwards and by the time they reach the speaker they already have lost interest. They do like the higher ground to have a good overview into the garden ๐Ÿ˜‚
  6. Haha ... she knows it is there but upgrading was never as easy as now ... she will never notice if something has changed as long as I do not change the speakers ๐Ÿ˜‰ P.S. we have a shared bank account so I can not go ballistic without getting noticed ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
  7. My "hidden" stereo ... Since a renovation of our house last year and a new platform for our wood burner I had the opportunity to hide the equipment ( WAF requirement ๐Ÿ˜… ) But I am happy with the result too ๐Ÿ˜‡ To be able to control the pre-amp I extended the IR sensor with a 3,5 mm plug in the rear panel of the NAD and a DIY extension cable with IR sensor to be "visible" in the living room using the Logitech remote. Music storage: x86 based NAS (XPEnology) Player: BeagleBone Black with MPD DAC: ES9023 DIY module from Sellarz ( Soekris dam1121 will be installed soon) Pre Amp: NAD C162 Power amp: Odyssey Khartago with upgrades Speakers: Boenicke W5 Cables: DH Labs interlink / speaker and servo drive cable for in wall power supply and power cords. The servo drive cable is tightly wound and has PTFE low inductrance isolation. Have screened and unscreened versions.
  8. Yeah, this is probably the main reason why we are confronted with outdated Apps on a regular basis. In the beginning I was using JRiver on a Windows platform and happily paid their yearly subscription knowing the software would continue to develop. Since MPD (Linux) + iPad control thing are not so sure anymore ... ๐Ÿ˜ž This week I paid EUR 3,49 for the additional features in yaMPC so who knows how long they will be able to continue their development efforts for that. The additional features for me was the ability to play radio streams (saved as playlists) which is not possible in the free version. I tried Rigelian too 2 years ago with their yearly subscription but at that time I found Soudirok easier to use in comparison. As I am writing this response I looked into JRiver again and noticed they also have a Linux version or their JRiver Media Center so I will explore this and JRiver also has an IOS app JRemote. It was apparently a very long time ago I had a look on their website.
  9. As an MPad user in the early days I had to switch to Soundirok or Rigelian which are not as polished as I had with MPaD. So now and then I search the App store to find new developments. This week I found yaMPC which is apparently only 1 year old looking at the revision history but initial impressions are postive ๐Ÿ‘ I found no other topics mentioning yaMPC so maybe it was under the radar for most ? P.S. I noticed that Soundirok which has had updates on a regular basis has not had an update since April 2018 .. did they stop further deveopment ? Or would I be naive to think that an App is 100% complete and final ??
  10. I am still running the Beaglebone Black with Debian Linux / MPD since Chris introduced it here with a setup guide. Recently I replaced my NAS by a PC with XPenology bootloader creating a Synlogy environment to accept DSM firmware (6.2 in this case) Setting up shares in DSM I noticed I can not create http share as easy as I did before. MPD clients like Rigelian and Soundirok load cover art through http. After some time I had the bright idea why not point the MPD client to the music mount folder in Linux instead of my NAS where it has the same files including cover art. I enabled a http share in Linux by these instructions: https://www.ostechnix.com/how-to-quickly-serve-files-and-folders-over-http-in-linux/ I tried several ways but finally Method 4 (NodeJS) worked for me and cover art is shown now without any issues. Hopefully this info is useful for others too.
  11. It has been long time ago that I showed my equipment so now it is time for an update. See my signature for current equipment. As my previous reply is burried somewhere in the previous pages I will show som of the old stuff too. Untill last year we lived in a small house with a very narrow living area. Last year we moved to a bigger house. Next year we will do a renovation and the current fireplace will de removed. For the time being I created a shelf on wheels for my pre-power amp combo in the middle section under the fire place. I drilled some big holes through the brick supports for the mains cables and interlinks. In the left section under the TV is the power strip and a DIY Linux music server with Wi-Fi acces point. The speaker cables go around the brick supports and are hanging under by cable clamps. It has a big WAF as the equipment is hardly visible and no cables on the floor After the renovation I will have dedicated power lines from the fusebox to the outlets and wired LAN outlets. The new room is much more spacious:
  12. If you don't mind running a small Linux computer like BeagleBone Black or Raspberry Pi you can have I2S out direct from these devices. Costs much less than a Pink Faun card. In the DIY community there are multiple options for galvanice isolation and reclocking .. take it as far as you feel comfortable with ;-)
  13. Ah .. I did not realize this ;-) It's a small world after all ... haha.
  14. After reading this great article and much in dept technical details I found a similar conclusion on 6moons which also describes a way how to do without the MQA encoding and avoid their filter It is published in the Keep it Honest chapter in cooperation with John Darko.
  15. I was in contact with Berrie Kremers 3 months ago who is the developper of Mpad / Mpod asking what his plans were with MPad as It is still my preferred MPD control. He stated he was in contact with an external party discussing continuing the update / development of Mpad / Mpod. Apparently Berrie had no plans doing it himself. Another very actual issue is that it does not function anymore in iOS 11 so I am forced to downgrade to iOS 10. Not anly because of Mpad but more apps do not work anymore so I decided I did not need the โ€œupgradeโ€ Bottom line: DO NOT UPGRADE TO IOS 11 !!!!
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