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  1. My desktop running JRiver is in a different part of my house from my audio system. Question- is there a way to load Dirac Live 2 on a laptop and connect to the desktop running JRiver and the DLP VST?
  2. I actually have a dedicated streaming PC and have purchased both Fidelizer Pro and JPlay for use on it. Unfortunately, I also utilize JRiver and it no longer plays with JPlay. I have been considering Roon as an option to JRiver and its close minded approach to outside optimizations. Sounds like I am getting the benefits from these products regardless of my preferred connection to the DAC. Thanks, Gary
  3. I have a question that I cannot seem to find an answer for. I am currently streaming to my Devialet 200 via the Ethernet connection utilizing their Air application. Would my system benefit from audio related enhancements such as Fidelizer, JPlay, etc. or would I just be wasting my time and money? Everything I have read around these items seems to focus on the USB to DAC issues but no mention of a network connection.
  4. I was setting up my ADL Esprit last night to start recording some vinyl with Vinyl Studio and ran into a problem. In the Playback settings, I am able to select both 16 and 24 bit resolutions. When in the Recording settings, I am only able to see 16 bit resolution selections. I am able to select 24 bit on other devices but for some reason, not on the Esprit. I have downloaded and installed the latest driver twice without any changes. Any thoughts or suggestions?
  5. Thanks for the information Eloise. I finally realized this after spending most of the day on various forums and discovered the Sonos limitation. I guess for now, I will just stick with good old 16/44. The combination of the Cullen modified ZP90 and DAC still sounds pretty good to me! Thanks again, Gary
  6. Hi Guys, I need a little help from the experts. I have decided to test the waters of high defination downloads. My current experience has been with iTunes/NAS feeding a Cullen Modified ZP90 for 24/96. All music files are in AIFF per an initial recommendation of this site when I started this journey. To handle the higher bit rates going forward, I downloaded MediaMonkey and a single album from HDTracks (Gaucho). I have associated all FLAC files to this application. Each application works fine on their own, but I cannot seem to get the Sonos software to recognize the new files associated with this new application. I have located all music files in a shared location on my Buffalo Link Station. Everything looks right as far as I can tell so I must be missing something? AIFF = iTunes FLAC = MediaMonkey Thanks, Gary
  7. I believe that I have finally had a breakthrough with the wireless connection! It may have been as simple as moving the router off of my desk that made the difference as I made no other changes during any of my other attempts. I have now been up and running for about 5 days with very few issues. I still get some dropouts from time to time for short periods of time. I have the buffer in iTunes set at maximum, are there any other settings or changes that I should make to increase the reliability of this connection? I am currently about 70% of the way on importing my collection. I figure I still have several weeks to go before I have it all done. I am glad I went ahead with the RAID setup on my server as I cannot imagine going through this process again! Thanks to all that have helped me in the past. Gary
  8. Hi Ben, I'm real close to giving up on the wireless connection method on my system as well. It's really a shame that this technology is still somewhat suspect in operation and reliability. If I had long distances, multiple obstacles, etc. between the two devices, I could understand my difficulties. This is not the case as I am only about 3m between the AE and my "top of the line" Linksys router! I checked out the Netgear Powerline devices and they look like a viable solution to hard wiring. They are fairly expensive at a retail price of $150 a pair USD. My solution may just be a few feet of wire through the attic to make the wife happy. She, and the dog, are not happy with the cable I have running across the hallway! Thanks for sharing your trials with me. Gary
  9. My router sees the AE (both direct connected and wireless, only offline) and definitiely assigns it an IP address just like it did with the iPod Touch. That is the only other wireless device I have on this network. Once I configure the AE for wireless operation and disconnect it from the Ethernet cable, Airport Utility no longers sees it making AirTunes inoperable. I might view this as a challenge if I was more savy in this area, but I'm not, and this is more frustrating that expected! :-) I'm not ready to give up on wireless just yet . . . . . . .
  10. So far, no luck with setting this device up in the wireless mode. I have tried all of the solutions I could find on Apple's website, Airdronian's, and attempting to set up in the "bridge" mode. Is there anything esle that could be causing my router to not see the AE in wireless mode? Thanks,
  11. I'm still having problems with my wireless connection to the AE from my PC/Linksys router. I can connect with the Ethernet cable, but everything I have tried so far does not seem to get me past this point in the process. So close, but yet, so far! I am only one interior wall and about 8 feet between each device involved. Gary
  12. Hi Chris, Yes, I am trying to connect to the AE wirelessly to play music on my 2 channel system in another room. It appears to work fine when connected directly. I performed all of the "normal" operations to set the unit up, but when I try to disconnect the cable and convert to wireless, Airport Utility can no longer see the AE. I am connected from the AE to the DAC using the optical connections. The dropouts were minor when I initally connected using the Ethernet cable. Any ideas or secrets would be great! Thanks, Gary
  13. Well, for the last few weeks I have been putting my time and effort into getting all this equipment up and running. I purchased the PS Audio DL3 with the Stage IV modifications by Cullen Circuits and the sound is incredible! I was so impressed by the Cullen modification that I have ordered one of their Wyred for Sound amps to replace my Bel Canto and Rotel amps. I have two issues that remain: 1. I still have not been able to connect to the Airport Express through my existing wireless network. I am using a Linksys wireless router and have only been able to connect through an Ethernet cable. Any suggestions as to what the problem might be? I had no problems with getting the iPod Touch to connect and it works perfectly at this point. 2. I am getting the occasional dropout even with the direct wiring. It seems to me that during my initial reading that this was a fairly common problem and a simple fix by changing some settings in iTunes? I had reduced my efforts in adding the rest of my collection to the server until I had some of the hardware issues resolved. Now I can't wait to wade through the other 5-6 hundred disks and free myself to enjoy all this effort has to offer to a music lover! Thanks, Gary
  14. At this point in the discussion, I think it may be important to know what I have on the audio side to help determine my path between the AE and my audio system. Then again, it might not change a thing . . . . I am currently using a Audio Research Preamp, Bel Canto Power Amps, a heavily modified Jolida Tube-Output CDP and Dynaudio Spreakers on my 2 channel system. I also listen to my vinyl collection on this sytem as well. I provide this information as I'm not sure that I would be satisfied with the analog output from the AE feeding this equipment. Of course, this is purely my current opinion with nothing other than previous experience with other audio components to back it up. I am extremely excited with the iPod Touch/AE solution moving forward. This is far and away the better solution for me vs. my initial concept. I guess that I could feed my HT PrePro with the digital signal from the AE to get a base line for going forward using the HT bypass on my ARC Preamp? My HT system was built around Rotel components several years ago, no slouch but not near the sound quality of my 2 channel system. Tim, you seem to be very knowledgeable and well respected on this site. My I ask what your background is? I'm guessing that you are connected to the recording industry in some fashion, artist, engineer, combination of the two? Both you and Chris continue to be invaluable to me and I really appreciate your expertise! I now have several friends and family members watching my progress before they also take this step forward.
  15. Thanks guys! These suggestions have opened up my eyes to a whole new world of possibilities. I was really hoping that this would happen. The whole idea of the iPod Touch/AE interface was something I had not seen or considered. This option would also allow me to begin with my current hardware and proceed from there. I was also somewhat skeptical about the EAC/iTunes issue and it would appear that most are comfortable with the error correction capabilities of just using iTunes? Any additional comments on importing selection, AIFF, etc. Vs Apple Lossless, etc? I assume the optical connection from the AE is the preferred method for current and future high resolution audio? I thought I had seen that this cable is available from a known source? Don't most external DAC's preform adequate jitter reduction and make this issue somewhat mute? I am not familar with the devices that Tim mentioned to perform this function before inputing this signal into the DAC. Is there a link for these types of discussions? Chris, other than the PS Audio DLIII and Benchmark DAC1, are there others that might be on your short list for my research and review? Lots of good answers lead to more thoughts and questions. Thanks for taking the time to enlighten me and help me achieve my freedom from too many silver disks.
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