pedro77

I see it's arrived! Sadly no MQA though but hopefully soon

Thanks Em. Oops didn't realise I'd posted twice. I couldn't find my post after I submitted it and it didn't appear on doing a search for 2.6. If a moderator sees this please delete the other one and sorry. Cheers Pete

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I was excited for 2.6 and I've been checking every other day for over 2 months since its announcement but it's seems like the update has gone off the boil. At first MQA decoding was coming, now probably not. Is there an ETA or rough timeframe for SonicOrbiter OS 2.6 release? Is there a definite answer on MQA decoding being included? Cheers Pete

Ok thanks, but just forgetting about MQA for a moment, is there a way to stream all system audio from a Mac to microrendu at higher than AirPlay quality (>16/44)?

What I was really asking was if there's a difference in sound quality. I would hate to think that your premium LPS-1 is limited by a $2 cable from China.

Now you're just adding to the 'audiophilia nervosa'... Surely the LPS-1 testing used the included cable. Should this Cardas cable make an iota of difference?

I'm new to all of this and don't understand why this would be the case. If the DAC is setting the timing over async USB why should there be any difference in the stream of data between a beaglebone or raspberry pi? Is it that the rpi may introduce more ground noise into the DAC?

Thanks for all the ideas. I'm leaning towards having a dedicated device to sit close to the hifi and will also double as a media player for the tv. I'm considering a new raspberry pi 2 or a cubox-tv. Once you add all the accessories to a rp the cubox becomes more competitively priced. I think volumio sounds interesting but would like the option of using a remote to browse a GUI on the tv to select tracks rather than the webUI via a mobile or computer. I could just use xbmc/kodi I guess. I'm not sure what advantage in sound quality volumio or one of the headless players offers over kodi. Does anyone know? I thought it was possible to play stereo in kodi via asynchronous USB. Thanks for the suggestions on the optical. It's good value. I think I'll do that as well for times I want to try some of the Mac software players. It's probably enough in handling the bittates for most of my music collection but I'd just also like to be able to take advantage of the asynchronous USB and try out dsd files which the optical wouldn't handle.

I'm planning on setting up a study/music room and not sure the best way to connect everything. I'll have my tv, speakers, DAC, turntable and amp at one end of the room (KEF LS50, Chord Hugo, project carbon debut and PrimaLuna Prolgue one valve amp) and my desk with monitor, keyboard & mouse at the other. Ideally I'd like to play music from the Mac mini over asynchronous USB to the Hugo DAC via the short length Vertere pulse d-fi USB cord. The problem is I don't want a separate Mac just for that, so do I get 5m+ USB and display port extension leads to run to my monitor and peripherals from the Mac placed with the hifi gear? The long length leads are relatively expensive and a bit messy. I've also had issues waking the Mac mini when the keyboard or mouse is connected via a USB hub. Alternatively, should I get a new raspberry pi 2 to stream music instead? Will it handle hi res flac and work over asynchronous USB to the DAC? Will it do bit perfect output? Not sure on which software I would use. I'm familiar with xbmc/kodi but not so much for it hi res music playing. I haven't tried runeaudio, moode or volumio so a bit unsure what the best option is. This path would also limit online streaming options and ability to try higher end Mac audio software eg Amarra, audirvana, decibel, bit-perfect etc. If anyone has any ideas or has had a similar experience I'd love to hear them. Cheers Pete