Thought I'd give this a go today - I've been meaning to try it out for ages but never got around to it. I know that Gordon's player probably sounds better, but I wanted something to run on an older linux based laptop... and SQ, while important, wasn't the first choice.
Anyway, I got it installed easily enough onto a USB stick, connected to its hotspot and got her running. Have to say it runs very well, seems to play anything I throw at it and sounds pretty OK. Better than any of the stock linux players I tried anyway. Remote control off the phone is a bonus as well.
Just posting this here as a marker and I suppose to see if anyone else is using it.
fran
Daphile
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Tested it last year easily the best Linux for audio I've tested
Likely give jplay a run for the money
Lacks the mqn magic of soundstage atmosphere and micro detail
Definetly a good option for midrange audio PCs especially with the remote on the laptop or phone/tablet
Likely give jplay a run for the money
Lacks the mqn magic of soundstage atmosphere and micro detail
Definetly a good option for midrange audio PCs especially with the remote on the laptop or phone/tablet
sd card player, modded soekris dac, class a lifepo4 amp or gb class a/b amp, diy open baffle speakers based on project audio mundorf trio 10's
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Yeah, thats the impression I get too. Sounds impressive on headphones though where that resolution of soundstage is not as easy to delineate. Impressive enough detail and lacks harshness, always a good thing.
Do or do not, there is no try
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So, I'm running the geek out from a (too underrated) battery supply, taking it off the Daphile laptop power supply. There is a clear jump in SQ, resonance in spaces etc....
A better supply (both the LiFePO4 batteries and a higher capacity Li) would have to help....
Fran
A better supply (both the LiFePO4 batteries and a higher capacity Li) would have to help....
Fran
Do or do not, there is no try
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is that the little red yoke that gets real hot?
sd card player, modded soekris dac, class a lifepo4 amp or gb class a/b amp, diy open baffle speakers based on project audio mundorf trio 10's
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yup,
and bear in mind I'm only working with headphones so far...
and a look inside:
and bear in mind I'm only working with headphones so far...
and a look inside:
Do or do not, there is no try
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that little bugger could be working of 3.3v
if it is there'll be a little sq in a bypass
if it is there'll be a little sq in a bypass
sd card player, modded soekris dac, class a lifepo4 amp or gb class a/b amp, diy open baffle speakers based on project audio mundorf trio 10's
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sabre 9018 just can't remember the output chip.
Haven't tried 3.3v ...... yet!!!
More progress though, I have it connected to my wireless network, also working off a phone app, and currently ripping a CD using the gracenote database for metadata and I think it uses accuraterip as well. This might be a very good solution for anyone who wants to go the CA route in a simple reversible way.
Getting more imrpessed as I spend more time with it.
Fran
Haven't tried 3.3v ...... yet!!!
More progress though, I have it connected to my wireless network, also working off a phone app, and currently ripping a CD using the gracenote database for metadata and I think it uses accuraterip as well. This might be a very good solution for anyone who wants to go the CA route in a simple reversible way.
Getting more imrpessed as I spend more time with it.
Fran
Do or do not, there is no try
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This Daphile has me very frustrated: I cannot get it to find my NAS! It found the local USB disk no problem and plays just fine...
I have enabled nfs in my My Book World Edition and tried ANY combination of ip and or drive name etc... Anyone with any ideas?
I have enabled nfs in my My Book World Edition and tried ANY combination of ip and or drive name etc... Anyone with any ideas?
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Ok, so I got it working finally! Here is what I did for my WD MyBook World Edition:
Under "Settings" go to "Storage".
Under "Network drives" click "add new CIFS"
Type in "admin@NASip:/share/" not the actual "music folder".... as I thought...
If you have password on your NAS you can enter this in the password field.
I found it very hard to find out how my NAS was actually configured, but I did not need to enter a password!
Finally remember to select your audio device in "settings".
Working great now that it is set up. I will do a comparison to JRiver tonight.
Thanks Fran, for pointing me to this player!
Under "Settings" go to "Storage".
Under "Network drives" click "add new CIFS"
Type in "admin@NASip:/share/" not the actual "music folder".... as I thought...
If you have password on your NAS you can enter this in the password field.
I found it very hard to find out how my NAS was actually configured, but I did not need to enter a password!
Finally remember to select your audio device in "settings".
Working great now that it is set up. I will do a comparison to JRiver tonight.
Thanks Fran, for pointing me to this player!