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  1. Sorry, not a problem but it was pointed ot to me that CCA served no purpose. Also, I earlier forgot to mention that my renderers are set as DLNA devices Larry
  2. I've been playing back flac files from local NAS and from Tidal to two different renderers on my home network, I stopped using CCA as a result of this thread and employ Bubble UPnP on an Android phone as a remote to direct the stream at either renderer. One renderer is JRMC21 running on WIN10 to a Korg DS-DAC-10 set to upresolve to DSD64 and the other renderer is Moode Audio on Raspberry Pi 3 set to a resolution of 32/384 khz. I have a rip of Branford Marsalis Quartet CD "Eternal" and it is available also on Tidal. There's not much to choose between NAS copy or Tidal playback. However, overall I tend to prefer the sound quality from Moode (based on MPD) over JR. Larry
  3. Unplugged the CCA and still have connectivity to both renderers and Tidal. I could have saved myself $35 and much embarrassment. I did check this once before and lost connectivity but now its working fine. Sorry Larry
  4. It struck as a very powerful thing that one could acquire a stream of music w/ a $30-35 device and then be able to resample it to any level you choose and for only a cost of $20 a month. That stream is only limited to those selections available on Tidal- not that big a limitation. It would be a tragedy if Tidal is ever acquired by Apple and it gets turned into trash. Larry
  5. When playing back through either of my systems, the resolution is set to a resampled value, which is much higher than Red Book, 32/384 in the case of the iFi micro DSD and DSD 64 khz in the case of the Korg. This is true whether the program material is from my local NAS or from Tidal. I realize that there are many who don't hold w/ resampleing but not me. Am I sure that playback is at those resolutions? The hardware and the software are also indicating those levels. I've come to prefer playback at those levels of resolution. Larry
  6. I shut off the phone and then restarted it. Without launching the Cast app only Bubble UPnP, all connections were good. So you are correct, once the Chrome Cast Audio is connected, it doesn't require any further attention. Thanks Larry
  7. In use, one launches the Cast application which directs things to the CCA and thence the cloud. The Bubble UPnP is then launched and the next selection is which local Renderer to direct the stream to use (upper right hand Corner,). Next the Library you want to play from must be selected (Upper Left Corner.) Frankly, this works pretty much flawlessly. Larry
  8. Hi John: The reason that Tidal works so well on my home network is a result of following this video The Cast application is perhaps what you may have overlooked. You do need to configure that to use the CCA to reach the cloud or the NAS. I have tried using the CCA's output as matter of fact that is a selectable setting in Bubble UPnP. The DAC is not bad but not as good as either the iFi or Korg. Larry
  9. I've posted on this site very little in the past but I'm curious and wanted to bring up some options. I use the CCA sort of backwards to the way its being purposed here. The CCA is being used as an access to Tidal. I have a cheap Android smart phone which has ChromeCast and Bubble UPnP loaded. I have two systems: one has a renderer of a RPi3 running Moode Audio to an iFi micro DSD configured to resample to 32bit/384 khz and the other renderer is a pc running JRMC V21 resampling to DSD 56mhz 1 bit through a Korg DAC. There is a WD MYCLOUD NAS on the network and it can be utilized by both systems. Tidal is streamed through the CCA and connects to the network through wifi only. The Android phone is used to direct that stream to either of the renderers. Playback is also set on the phone as a remote and determined by the renderers only as to resolution, choice of material, order,etc. I connect via a pc occassionally to Tidal to make changes to My Music because the phone screen is tiny but the stream doesn't normally go there unless selected as a renderer. Moode and JRMC are of course utilized as DLNA/UPnP servers. But there is no hardwired connection to the CCA jut wifi and this network is very stable and quite good sounding and relatively inexpensive. Larry
  10. I have two of the iFi Gemini cables (I have two systems) and use them w/ the iUSB power module and the nano. I think its a great sounding cable and I can't fault the fit or finish,either. Both legs are plugged in to the iUSB power but from the computer to the iUSB powerI am using the blue usb cables that came w/ the iFi products. Great dsd sound for reasonable cost. My music files have been uprezzed to dsd128 w/ Audiogate from Korg. Larry
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