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Hi folks, Pretty self explanatory. Is it possible to get 24/96 (or higher) FLACs playing from my Synology Server wirelessly using the camera connector kit on an iPad using DS AUDIO app? My DAC doesn't display the sample rate so I'm not sure in which quality it's playing. Could some of your good souls confirm that? Cheers, Ed.

I'm really excited for the new A+ version. I've been waiting for months to buy it. For our heated friend, I also read all the threads of A+ here, and personally wrote to Damien asking if I bought it back in January, I would have to pay for the upgrade, he never wrote back, and I assumed he was too busy for that. Anyway, in no time doing this research, I was left with the impression that I would get upgrades for free, only the .x ones. So, I waited. You see, I'm a brazillian, and paying for this software will cost me about 7 dinners out. It's about 10% of what I earn every month. It's a lot. And I am very happy to pay for it. It's an amazing piece of software, and I tested a lot of them, it still beats every single one I tested on my system. And before you say you can get it somewhere else, I know for a fact, that the cracker group behind it has decided to stop cracking this software out of the respect for this indie developer. So, if even they can perceive this as a well worth piece of software, I guess you are on the wrong side of the fence, my friend. Cheers and long live Audirvana!

Thanks Eurodriver for chiming in. It's good to hear about Sonos and the NAD are working well together. Since I'm a film editor, I got some treatment in my edit suite ant it makes wonders to SQ. I wish I could bring my rockwool panels to my living room but I guess my wife would kill me! Thanks Biku for your help. You are probably right that it might be a misdiagnose from my part. It's hard to define what I am listening right now coming from the NAD, but it sounds like a "crackling", high pitched noise, very short. I hope the following measurements can make it clearer. [TABLE=class: grid, width: 500, align: left] [TR] [TD]Format[/TD] [TD]Crackling frequency (sec)[/TD] [TD]Processor Usage[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]FLAC 192/24[/TD] [TD]09s (loud)[/TD] [TD]40%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]FLAC 96/24[/TD] [TD]06s (loud)[/TD] [TD]55%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]FLAC 44/16[/TD] [TD]60s (discrete)[/TD] [TD]50%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]ALAC 96/24[/TD] [TD]07s (loud)[/TD] [TD]30%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]ALAC 44/16[/TD] [TD]90s (discrete)[/TD] [TD]28%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]AAC 250k[/TD] [TD]80s (discrete)[/TD] [TD]28%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]AAC 160k[/TD] [TD]40s (discrete)[/TD] [TD]25%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]MP3 128k[/TD] [TD]70s (discrete)[/TD] [TD]27%[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] So, as you can see, it seems the processor is still holding strong. Nothing north of 75%. Obviously, FLAC seems to be taxing it a lot more than any of the other formats. I also have the DS Audio sound volume at the highest, ( I read this influences on the bitrate). I'm not sure what is causing it. From my laptop running A+ via USB, it plays without hitches. The sound quality from the Synology is a bit thinner, but has a tad more resolution, so I guess it can only get better using a optical input. SOtM has a solution for USB>Optical but it's also an DAC and it seems it's the same chipset as the NAD, costing almost the same price, so I guess it's more than I need. Couldn't a reclock fix those "cracklings"? Thanks for any input you can give. I am fairly new to this hifi thing, even tho I've been to more film mixing sessions than I can count. Cheers!

Oh... It's been almost 10 months, so I guess that's out of the table. And to be honest, I listened to the 7050 and it sounds different really. And for this kind of money i would go for a arcam amp. This bluesound solution seems interesting but how does it sound? It does include a DAC and I must confess I always had a thing against Sonos. I don't really have any need for a network sound system. I listen to music only through the KEFs LS50. What about a reclocker USB-Toslink adapter? Would that fix my Synology hiccups?

Thanks Woodford for you kind answer. But as far as I see, it does not have an optical out, does it? The thing is that the USB input in my dac/amp is not as good as its optical/coax.

Hello! It's been some years that I read your generous information on this forum, today I am daring to ask for advice. I've been researching for some months now, with no suitable solution in mind. I have a sinology NAS 213J, and a NAD D3020. Althought I have an old 2007 macbook connected to it with A+, I would like to explore a better solution (smaller), that wouldn't involve a full computer. The internal DAC on the D3020 is based on the Cirrus Logic CS4398 which is a good DAC, that can go up to 192/24, but the connection via USB is handled by a XMOS and limited to 96/24. So, my idea is going through the optical (or coax), handled by AKM4118, and in my tests sound way better than the USB. Althought I would love to get an Aries Auralic, I can't justify paying a lot more than my integrated amp. I know my KEF LS50's deserve better, but in the future, I will go for a separate DAC and amplifier. Is there a solution that would be on the lower budget side that could help me? I am completely open to suggestions. On the options I explored: 1) USB Synology -> NAD directly. It is sounding better through AudioStation since I updated the firmware, but it still sounds thin and I get ocasional drops and artefacts. Also, DS Audio is not a great control point. Could I use a converter from USB to optical, hence going full 192/24? Would that fix the dropouts? 2) Buying something like Cubox and trying that as a renderer? Installing maybe Arch or Volumio etc? 3) Thought about the SOtM sMS-100 but it's USB only (worse input for the NAD) and is quite expensive. 4) Anything else? Thanks a lot for any advice given. I am starting on my sound setup but it's been years figuring out a good system but I am really just scratching the surface of such an amazing field. Ed.