AdrianB
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Just installed 2.1. The improvement in sound quality is more than subtle, I would even say amazing... I'm listening with awe to the beautiful Joni Mitchell 'Travelogue' album. Trying to find the words to expres the differences in SQ with previous firmware version. More balanced, more open, very much together...
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Linn DS and songcast
AdrianB replied to abraxas's topic in Networking, Networked Audio, and Streaming
The new Auralic Aries also streams songcast files to any DAC connectied to it. My experience of playing any source from Mac through songcast is extremely positive, much more flexible and higher SQ than Airplay. -
The sound quality of Qobuz through Aries is amazing. It streams full 16/44 when you have the subscription. The Qobuz desktop is not used, Lightning DS uses its own interface instead. I like the interface even though some minor bugs still have to be solved and some functionality could be added (such as moving up from a track-only to the playlist of a full album).
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Things have improved considerably for me after upgrading my modem to a dual-band type. Aries is now wireless on the 5Ghz network and functions much better than before. Faster startup time, fewer glitches. As for SQ: listening this morning to France Musique via the radio function (128Kb stream) was a pleasure despite the 'low' quality of the stream, wide open soundstage, great extension. With these lower bitrates the differences in sound quality with the Squeezebox are less obvious but still clearly noticable.
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After playing for a week now I can say I am very happy with the SQ. I can only compare SQ with my Squeezebox touch (with Triode EDO plug-in): SQ notably more smooth in highs, bass seems to extend further and is more "intelligible", soundstage big with very good placements of instruments and voices, general sound impression very stable and authoritative.