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Joe Fonebone

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  1. I've dealt with supplying FLAC files to my car audio systems in two ways: Old Car - WD wireless HDD running PLEX >> iPad running 8player via HDD's own WiFi >> apple CCK >> USB to SPDIF >> Audison Bit one processor >> Audion amps and speakers/sub New Car came with decent audio system - FiiO X7 II with 2 512GB cards running Neutron app >> Aux out via a wire >> car's Aux in New way is much simpler and easier, and the price of 1 TB cards is coming down, so you can have 2TB in many of the FiiO players. My brother has a similar setup and uses bluetooth.
  2. I get disconnected from my aries mini (connected to a wireless access point by an Ethernet cable) about every other day, i.e., Lightning DS on my iphone does not see the mini, and then have to redo the set-up process to reconnect. Anybody else having this problem?
  3. SB Touch - No LPS, but the wall wart PS was plugged into a Furman power conditioner. I used the coax out and the only mod was the Enhanced Digital Output applet. Auralic Mini - I also purchased the Auralic LPS, which is connected the same Furman power conditioner, so its not a totally fair comparison with the SB Touch.
  4. No worries. All help is appreciated. So far I really like the Mini, which I use in my headphone rig that allows me to tune out the wife and kids . I'm connecting to my network (and QNAP NAS - minimserver) via a Netgear AC1900 range extender and an Ethernet cable to the Mini, then outputting by coax into a Wyred4Sound reclocker (previously used with my now-retired SB Touch) and into an Oppo HA1. I think that its quite an improvement over the SB Touch and is a decent IOS app away from being great. [i'm using Kazoo on an iPad and Kinsky on an iPhone, but Tidal will require use of the LDS.] I suggested that Auralic hire the iPeng guy to do an app for them. Why reinvent the wheel? We'll see.
  5. Thanks to you and Bruce for the replies. Its been more than a day for me, but maybe people are out for vacation given the time of year. As far as logging in in LDS, you need an account to log in and Auralic gives the following instructions to get the free one-year subscription:How to Obtain 1 Year TIDAL Subscription (U.S only) – AURALIC LIMITED
  6. TIDAL Question - About how long does Auralic take to send back the TIDAL log-in information after you contact them? I set up my mini and sent them the required info last week and haven't heard anything.
  7. Has anybody in the US obtained a mini and, if so, where did you get it?
  8. - Ignoring the added expense, maybe adding something like this (Asus travel router) would allow the Mini to have its own little network for iPad control purposes. https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/WL330NUL/ - You might also need a powered hub to power the router (or a wall wart usb power supply that you have sitting around) because the Mini only has one USB port (I think).
  9. Yes. Very lucky. My brother got the tickets. We arrived very early and got great seats. That is my foot directly in front of the stage!
  10. Two clicks is good. I have a Bluesound node and, when trying to play an album from folder view, you must click each song to create a play list.
  11. Thanks Dog. I appreciate the info and that hope other folks share their experiences with the Minimserver (or something else) and Lightning DS. I saw Warren Haynes play and give a talk at the Grammy Museum (Los Angles, CA) last week. It was great. Just him and the violin player from his current touring band.
  12. My questions has to do with the way the Mini uses tag information. Are you able to do either or both of (1) browse by the "album artist" tag (not "artist" or "artist-album") and play an entire album with one click and (2) browse your collection by folders and play an entire album with one click (with the songs in the correct track number order)? Album artist and folder browsing are very important to me because I have a very large library with many compilations (e.g., complete Stax Records collection) and browsing by artist results in 100's of artists with only 1 or 2 songs in the list. Thanks, and happy listening!
  13. Congratulations. When can we start pestering you with questions? (:
  14. Add Michael Lavorgna to the list. Landed: The AURALiC Aries mini | AudioStream From my somewhat narrow perspective, if the Auralic app (or some other third party app) does not let you sort by the "album artist" tag, which is key for large collections that include soundtracks and compilation albums, I'm keeping my SB Touch. It is connected by an Ethernet cable to a Wireless Access Point, and I output to a Wyred Remedy Reclocker and then on to my DAC. I guess that I will be able to ask about this when more people get their hands on the Mini.
  15. Has anyone been able to use the hiFace2 with an iPad mini (iOS 6.1.3) ? I have been trying to get the HiFace2 to work with an iPad mini for two weeks, including loading updated firmware after I informed M2Tech about the iOS 6.1.3 20 mA issue. With the iPad mini and a CCK, I've connected the hiFace2 directly to the CCK, and to the CCK through a number of different powered and unpowered hubs, and with a Y power USB cable. Does not work (no sound when connected to coax input of DAC). The hiFace2 works fine from a windows 7 PC, and the iPad mini has no problem with a CCK to a DAC USB connection. [Of course, my hiFace2 is intended for a DAC with no USB.]
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