I've been using squeezelite on various boards (rPi2, pogoplug E02, odroid C2, nexthing CHIP) and I'm still figuring out an "optimal" sounding combo.
Each board has it's quirks on USB dac connectivity, and I've found that the buffer setting on squeezelite has different effect depending on which board I use. Most recently I've come to an anecdotal conclusion that buffer time of 30-40msec (e.g. squeezelite -a 35) works "best"(?) with the pogo, C2 and CHIP. I gave up on the rPi as it just won't play smoothly with my dacs. Even more recently I came across an old Jive/squeezeplay thread that suggested a buffer combo that may be optimal for 44.1/48/96kHz sample rates, in the sense that it minimizes interrupts on the card. Google "alsa max buffer jive". Based on this I'm now trying squeezelite -a 92790:4, and it seems to be a buffer setting that works well with the cards mentioned. You might want to try this. edwardthern wrote: > Sure. > > I used a Jesse Lite for both running on a RaspberryPi3. > > RPI #1 = Squeezelite with no other tweaks. Playing RedBook CD material > on Flac. Power supply was a standard wallwart. > RPI #2 = MPD with no other tweaks. Playing the exact same Flac files. > Standard wallwart. > > Both connected to identical Dac's at the same time [AudioGD Ref 7 (one > borrowed)] which in turn are connected to a AudioGD Master1 Preamp, then > to a AudioGD Master3 amp. Speakers are Dynaudio. > > To switch between sources my wife just had to change inputs. > > She had no idea which input was controlling which Dac/RPI combo and > neither did I.... > I had my son connect the inputs from the Dacs to the Preamp so even my > wife had no idea what input one or two was. > She played must and switched to A, then played the same track while > switched to B. > After about 3 whole CD's and 20 tracks I had a list of A preferred and a > list of B preferred. I was able to write comments on what I thought I > heard with A and B over the course of the listening session. > > Not happy with this, we repeated it a couple more times maybe a month > later. I consistently picked MPD overall as being thicker > sounding....although not 100% of the time and on every track. > > Afterwards the only way I could tell was to disconnect one RPI and SSH > into the one with the power on...I'd trace that back to the preamp and > the remote to learn this RPI was MPD [for example] and was choice "B". > Both Dacs and RPIs looked exactly the same so no way to tell even by > looking at them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mervinb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66313 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106537 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
