Isaacc7

Thank you so much for the links! I’ll order the cable tonight.

Turns out I already had a long USB cable and the camera connection kit so I went ahead and started listening to Apple Music that way. Sounds great. Turns out the iPhone is a good digital transport. In addition, I forgot that I could stream from my JRiver library via JRemote on the iPhone as well. The only sticking point is that DSD files won't stream natively. Luckily I don't own many DSD tracks. I would rather stream from my iPad Pro though. Problem is that I don't have a USB C to USB B cable to use. I do have an Anker USB C hub with USB A ports though. When I connect my DAC through the hub I can only get 44.1 throughput. Any idea on how to avoid that? The appropriate cable to connect my iPad is cheap so I don't mind ordering one but... When I hooked up the iPhone it required a power connection. I know that the USB C port on the iPad Pro can deliver more juice than the lightning port so hopefully it can work on its own. Otherwise I don't know how I would add power to the USB C connection without running into the same trouble I'm having now. Guess I'll just have to wait and find out.

WWDC is coming in June. I bet there will be some new airplay features unveiled then. Since you can stream HD video via airplay I assume that hi res audio shouldn't be a problem. Then the trick would just be getting a suitable airplay endpoint. Belkin just released a new AirPlay 2 receiver that has an optical output. If Apple changes the Airplay protocol to handle higher sampling frequencies, I wonder if the adapter could be made to work. How high can toslink go?

Cool. Apple has a web API. I keep hoping that clever folks can somehow use that to integrate inside media servers. Been using JRemote and now Panel since… Media Center 19? I upgrade ever 2 years or so. Just took advantage of the early upgrade for 28. JRiver solving this would be ideal, especially if it could be accessed through Panel.

The trouble is the new hi res stuff that is coming will only be available via Apple Music. I have access to my whole library via JRiver and can control it with my mobile devices. I could buy a long usb cable and use the camera connection kit to connect my iPhone to the DAC directly but that has its own problems. First, my DAC (Topping D90) has a single USB port. I don’t really want to plug and unplug it every time I want to switch between sources. Secondly, a wired remote? Really? Having a 10 foot cable between my chair and system is just ugly and inconvenient. Surely there will be a way to do this wirelessly right?

If I connect my Mac to a DAC directly via USB I will be able to play hi-res content from Apple Music. My Mac mini has been used as a media server with JRiver playing to a DNLA endpoint and using airplay for more casual listening. I really do not want to use a keyboard and trackpad to navigate and control the Mac mini nor do I want the TV turned on to view the screen. Is there a way to control Apple Music on the Mac from my iPhone or iPad?

I have complained about this before but since someone from the site is here I'll say it again. This forum is of limited help to people interested in Allo products because just about all Allo ever says here is "Sent PM" This forum would be much more useful, especially to Allo, if they would post information to this forum. I check in from time to time but I find posts made by them at DIYAudio much more informative and interesting. I do hope this forum could become a better source of info.

Plenty of other support forums do this in public. The advantage being that I rarely have to ask for help because the solution is often found with a quick search. I have been able to solve problems with both Volumio and Moode by searching their support forums. I don’t see the point of having a public record of problems and not have the solutions available to everyone. I encourage you to share troubleshooting steps in public and report to PM only when you need to protect sensitive info. It would go a long way towards generating more community here.

But that’s the thing, it is already full of people’s problems but no one can see the solutions.

Sorry folks, I guess I’m not as familiar with how this site works as I thought. I was indeed trying to ask @Audio_Allo why their responses are done via PM instead of keeping all of us in the loop.

Whoops! Sorry about that!

You still haven’t answered the question of why everything is done via PM. Surely there isn’t any extra work involved to post troubleshooting in the same thread instead of moving it PM. As it stands this forum is not a place to find information or to talk about the products. It is only a place to see other people getting help away from the public view. This forum would be a much more valuable place to visit if the information wasn’t hidden away. I can’t think of any other forum, support or otherwise, that operates the same way. I check in from time to time to see what experiences people have with gear from Allo and see almost nothing of any use. Is this forum just here to get PMs from you?

I don’t need help with anything right now but it would be nice to know about the problems other people are having and how they solved them. I like to read about the gear I own and see what experiences others are having. It is also nice to see if there are problematic DACs or software distributions in case I wanted to try something new. I can’t help but feel that I am missing out on information that could help me understand my USBridge Signature. It would be good to know about this when I want to talk to other people about this piece of gear. Anyway, it’s frustrating to see so much information hidden from everyone.

Seemingly every single topic here is done through PM. Surely it would be better to post the troubleshooting steps so that everyone can read them. It would also allow people to find the solution via Google and allow the community to build up a knowledge base of common problems. I am able to find information on the DIY audio forums more easily and I’m not sure why it is so different here.

i use Moode. I set the processor to “performance” as I had heard that had helped in the past but I don’t think I have ever had the pops and clicks. I definitely had them running straight from a Pi 3 with Volumio.