Mayank Shah
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Very happy with the PW link, hence haven't looked into anything else.
Hi Mayank..... you will have loads of options if you go for roon playback. Lots of kit act as roon end points at differing price levels. So maybe worth a punt. That said i use a metrum ambre as my roon end point going into my dac. And pretty happy with it. It is basically a glorified Rpi with a well optimised power supply. And before I went roon, I removed the SD card that came with the metrum Ambre preloaded with a roon end point software, and swapped it for my own 16gb microsd card with a linux volumio image. And I downloaded the volumio app on my android tablet and gave it a spin. Unfortunately I the volumio running on the Rip didn't have the horse power to munch by 850gb of music library. So track searches and album art were slow to load. Then I finally went to roon, and shoved back the original microsd card that came with the metrum Ambre, and been happily using it as a roon end point. Having said that, Iam couldn't hear any differences in sound quality between roon and volumio.
A friend is looking at the digione signature. What is the overall experience with the music sorting software especially volumio ?
I have digitone (not the signature) but since I think the question pertains more to volumio on RPi, i will attempt an answer.
I normally use the RPis as roon end points (I have a katana, digi-one and a vanilla Rpi) but I did once experiment with Volumio pointed to a network drive. (I was thinking doing my one take on a B&W zeppelin) The RPi was connected over ethernet(100mbit). Indexes was painfully slow but once done it was okay. I quite liked the UI and it was quite responsive. This was with a library of about 5k songs, a mix of Redbook and HD FLAC. Did not try USB connected local drives.
A friend is looking at the digione signature. What is the overall experience with the music sorting software especially volumio ?
The second question is easier to answer, and it is yes. i do not remember the prioritisation, but the digi output can can be accessed by AirPlay, Roon and the the volumio player one at a time. in addition, in Roon, any other sound device that is attached to the speaker can be activated and accessed. For airplay and volumio, the default device (as defined in the volumio configuration) is used. i have not checked if 2 different devices can be accessed simultaneously, but if you want, I can.These must be a stupid questions but I am going to attempt it
1. I have an auralic mini and it comes loaded with an player app called lightning ds. When I use tidal on this device, tidal is integrated with the lightning ds app, so it is quite straightforward. Essentially, I can just point to my NAS or Cloud ( tidal ) depending upon what I want to use and everything loads up fine. How does this work on a digione signature loaded with volomio ?
2. Can one use the digione signature as a roon endpoint at the same time as a player pointed to a NAS ? How does this work from a user interface context ? I can play from my laptop when I want to use this as a roon end point and then move to a volumio app when I want to play music stored on a NAS ? Is that how it will work ?
Check SOtM sMS 200 ultra. Its a nice product with a small footprint and meets your requirements.Hello, Any suggestions for Network players without onboard DAC? I want to use my external DAC only. Don't need fancy multi-room setup etc. Simple network player with Tidal etc. Hope to take Coax out from the network player into external DAC.
Did you try this? I have the same questionHow about trying MiBox 4K as a substitute for CCA...
Hi @abhi803 options I can suggest.. Cheap Option: Try to find a Chromecast Audio (3.5k to 4K). you can play it alone also but it really excels with ROON. Roon implementation of CCA is way better.
Computers USB output if your DAC has one but it will be quite noisy and then using any mobile upnp player to control your music from the pc on your mobile.
Expensive Option: Buy the Linderman Limetree, I have just bought it and it is quite good to my ears. I did not like Bluesound Node 2i. The internet is filled up with its praises, maybe I was doing something wrong but at the end its all about our entire audio chain.
Hi Vivek,Hi @abhi80
I am also interested to move away from laptop. I have a nice usb dacand looking for a network transport. Could you please share your detailed review of Linderman Limetree? Where did you buy this and if ok to share price as well.
Any other option for transport?
Thanks
Vivek
Hi @abhi80Hi Vivek,
First Things first. Wasn't able to setup a Qobuz account anyways I tried. you gotta help me out in this.
Second I got lindemann from a friend who had got it from Europe I guess Vienna, I am using it for quite sometime and have to give it back to him and am going to buy myself a new one.. During this interim period I have found it to be amongst the better Bridges much better than Bluesound and CCA. CCA with Roon is a different thing though.
I have connected it via coaxial to my chord Qutest dac with one end of the RCA terminated with BNC adapter and sounds quite nice. Have also connected an external HDD to the USB port of the lindemann which I control via the mobile app.
It is a very nice streamer for the price, of course I did not decide on buying this as a impulse but after much use. you can connect your Tidal account in the app too.
I was introduced to it by a guy called Jignesh from Surat who I guess is the dealer but now a days see is quite occupied probably due to Corona. It can be sourced at around 75k without negotiation in India.
You can also connect an external cd rom with this device.
Technical specifications
General
Power consumption: 0.1 W standby, 3.5 W operation, 11 W max.
Dimensions (W x H x D): 107 x 40 x 107 mm (4.2 x 1.6 x 4.2 in)
Weight: 300 g (0.66 lbs)
Power supply: 5V DC
D/A converter
Resolution: 384 kHz/32 bit and DSD 256
Dynamic range: > 120 dB
THD & Noise: < 0.001 % (@ 0 dB FS)
Clock: ultra low jitter MEMS FemtoClock
Re-sampling: bit-perfect or DSD
Converter architecture: two AK4452 DACs in dual differential mono mode, AK4137 re-sampler
Output voltage: 2.0 V @ 0 dB FS
Output impedance line output: 100 ohms
Headphone connector: 3.5 mm mini jack socket
Recommended headphone impedance: 32 -200 ohms
Network player
Ethernet: 100 Mbit/s
WLAN: dual-band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP
USB 2.0 high-speed host interface, max. output current 1.5 A
Supported codecs: WAV, FLAC, AIFF, ALAC, MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, DSD
UPnP und DLNA support
PCM resolution: 44.1 kHz up to 384 kHz, 24 bit.
DSD resolution: DSD 64 up to DSD 256.
Gapless playback
Streaming services: TIDAL, Qobuz, Deezer, HighResAudio, Spotify, Internet radio and Podcast
Roon Ready
A home demo is certainly a possibility. Provided corona aunty retires to the threshold.. Have tried the Allo bridge it sounded a tad bright for my ears. Not in the sense as live music is generally bright but too much for me..Hi @abhi80
Thanks a lot for the very detailed review. Well I am not fully decided which way to go as of now. How would you compare this with Raspberry Pi solution? If you have any experience in that? I have asked the Indian Lumin distributor for U1 mini to see how much that costs here. Also any possibility of home demo, which I am not very hopeful. It's good that you got to try it before you buy it.
Sure I can try to help you on Qobuz. Following are the steps that I followed
1. Mac or pc, connect to a VPN most likely US as the European plan is expensive.
2. Open Qobuz website.
3. Create your login and choose a plan, add credit card info.
4. Download the appropriate app on pc or mac.
5. Login in to the app.
6. Disconnect the vpn.
7. Now on wards, vpn is not required you should be logged in all the time in the app as well as from the browser.
Let me know if you still have any issues.
Regards
Vivek
That's strange. I had used Qobuz only for 1 month trial and used my credit card. It worked without any problem. PayPal should have worked too.A home demo is certainly a possibility. Provided corona aunty retires to the threshold.. Have tried the Allo bridge it sounded a tad bright for my ears. Not in the sense as live music is generally bright but too much for me..
Have tried the procedure its not accepting any of my cards, my amount was debited and account is still not active.. had texted them they said not applicable for indian origin cards, paypal doesnt work either..