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Any help is greatly appreciated. I tried placing several of the ASIO .dll files in the media monkey plug in folder and they appear and seem to be set up right, but when I select my RME 9632 sound card (I know I have the ASIO drivers installed) and hit play, nothing happens. The waveout plug in works great. Any thoughts how to get the ASIO plugin to work with MM??? Thanks

I am going to be building my own PC and need help on these sound cards. I will be running out direct into a Wadia 521 GNSC Modded DAC. I had an Esoteric D05 but preferred the Wadia significantly. Wadia says to run glass optical, which starts me thinking if I run the RME 9632 it has optical outs already, then I can just run it direct to the Wadia. If I don't run optical I can still run AES/EBU digital directly out of the 9632. The other RME as well as the Lynx obviously can run digital out AES/EBU. I really don't care about my connection type, just looking for the best sound quality. I am after best sound possible and have heard a lot of things about the Lynx, but the thing is so long it won't fit in the PC I am trying to build. The RME will. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks all

Suteetat, trying to get this thread back to music........can u tell me if the dual XLRs are significantly better than the other digital ins on the DAC? Does the clock make a huge difference? Thanks

Thanks Suteetat, I am trying to replace my beloved Esoteric X03SE player with a PC setup so I am looking for utmost best fidelity. Which is why I considered building my own server with the Lynx card. If I can get the same quality out of a server/D05 setup as my X03, I will be happy. I also looked at stuff like the Olive servers (www.olive.us) . They do everything I want, but I am not convinced their digital output sound quality will equal the Lynx card with clock input from the D05. If someone can prove me wrong, I will jump fast on that Olive machine. PS AUdio will not be making a server, they are only making a DAC and transport made to hook up to a NAS. I appreciate all your help, since I will most likely do a similar setup as you I appreciate it. (My D05 comes today!) As far as remotes, I confirmed with Squeeze that I can use their remote (approx $300) to control their software remotely with cover art etc. I will also be able to use the same remote to control other rooms. SO basically, squeeze will also do exactly what I want........assuming I lose no fidelity running their softsqueeze front end on the NAS........Softsqueeze will run out of the Lynx the way I want it to.. One last question on the cables, I order both the XLR dual outs and the clock cable on the same Dpin? I noticed the lynx cards have two dpin outs.....will redco.com know what I need? Thanks

Great question on the software to use. I am totally confused on what I should use. My biggest thing is remote control, I dont want a monitor or keyboard so I have been looking at an iPOD touch or Squeeze product. I had plans on using Squeezecenter and softsqueeze. I planned on running softsqueeze so I can use the PCI card and squeezecenter so I could use a squeezebox for another room or two. It would all be controlled by their slick controller, but I am not sure if it will work the way I envision it. But I am concerned the fidelity may not be best with Squeeze softare.......so I looked at Media Monkey and j River......and possibly using an iPOD touch for the client.....but now heard there is no browing capability for the iPOD touch......only play lists...? I dont know. Any suggestions are welcome. Also for ripping, did u rip using EAC or Media Monkey? Thanks

Which ASIO drivers should I use for the lynx sound card?

I will look into the sonos stuff, but the squeeze stuff is really inexpensive and I like the remote. My main concern is I dont want to have to have a keyboard or monitor to play tunes, just want to pick up a remote and go! The Readynas servers apparently can do this!

Thanks....I mya start by getting the standard cable from lynx and just put the server in the main room. the real issue I have is the server (when I get it) I am assuming will make a ton of noise....so I wanted to get it out of there. knowing what you know now would you do the dual XLRs or just one? If using duals, how do you know which cable coming off the lynx left or right? Or does it not matter? If using single, which input on the D05 should it go into? Thanks again......also looking at the RME sound card someone else recommended......

Thank you Chris! I was going to use Squeeze software b/c I like the remote.....and being able to use it in multiple rooms. Is there a better interface? I know iTunes can do it, but iTunes cannot play diff music in diff rooms simultaneously. As for the cables, I am thinking I need to hook up the clock as well? Can all that be found on that site you referenced? Thanks again Erik

Suteetat, I ordered a D05 as well and want to connect it to my server via the Lynx card. Can you tell me what cable interface you used to connect the dual XLRs and the clock input from the D05? I see some Dpin thing for the Lynx, but how does this work? Does it have everything to hook it up or do I need something else? My D05 will be about 35 feet from the server with the PCI card on it, so I am looking for best connection. Thank you

This is my first step into high end servers and I am thinking of building my own server. I have no idea what I am doing but I am trying to learn. Will this work? I want to get a Netgear ReadyNAS Server, add a PCI card like a Lynx AES, then run digital XLR outputs for left and right into my Esoteric D5 DAC that has dual left/right XLR inputs. Will this work? If so, how do I do it? I will need to run the XLRs about 35 feet as I am placing the server in a different room. I will control it all with Squeezecenter running softsqueeze for my Esoteric DAC and running regular squeezecenter to get the music in different rooms via a duet. Thank you for any replies. I am guessing here.....