west_sounds;524035 Wrote: > Thanks for all the posts it has really given me something to think > about. There is no doubt that the Squeeze box is a fantastic product and > I can see its appeal. I dont think it is going to be easy to get the > best possible sound and with the interface that we like to use in our > house. > > Going on what ive been reading on the net I think the only way I will > get the highest sound quality is not with a wireless device at all, but > to plug my laptops usbs direct into something like the dacmagic or > V-DAC. > > I would also love to have the flexibility of wireless. I think my main > amp & speakers when funds allow will be connected direct to a DAC via > Albumplayer with ASIO enabled. For now if I can get some sort of > wireless system for casual listening in my other room which is high > quality for all the family to use I would be happy. > > I havent totally ruled out the SB yet. Another issues is it has taken > me a long time to get all the album covers, tracks and artists etc > configured properly with AP and as I have a huge collection I dont > fancy the task of tiding all that up again. Plus the albumplayer is very > simple to use, even when we have guests play with it they are amazed and > love it. The rockfish may be an alternative, I will have a look into it.
I would argue with your statement that "the only way I will get the highest sound quality is not with a wireless device at all, but to plug my laptops usbs direct into something like the dacmagic or V-DAC." With the squeezebox setup, the fact that it's wireless doesn't affect the sound quality. The only issue with wireless is that it's possible to have some type of interference which could cause buffers to underrun, resulting in a dropout. As long as the network is stable, the quality of the sound is determined SOLELY by the player hardware. As the squeezebox player is isolated from things like noisy power supplies, fans and other EMI emmiters which are present in a PC, this eliminates a potential degradation effect which would be present on any type of PC. Second, the Squeezebox hardware is designed as a music player, with attention paid to the audio circuitry, clock generation, for the best audio possible. As far as album covers, etc, if tagging and album covers are clean, SBS should be able to use that as-is. Out of curiosity, what format are your music files in? How is cover art stored? I don't know if you've actually tried Squeezeboxserver? It's downloadable for free. In fact, before I had a peice of Squeezebox hardware, I had the server up and running, and used a laptop with "Softsqueeze" to get a real feel for how the system works. You could try something similar, possibly with Squeezeplay as a software player emulator, to get a feel for how compatible your existing music files and tags are with Squeezebox server. Be aware, however, that the "software" players don't measure up to the performance and stability of the dedicated "hardware" players. -- tcutting ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tcutting's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17402 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76038
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