nicolas75;671089 Wrote: > > Another question : > Sound quality is much better with MonkeySqueeze and Touch, than if I go > through a USB dac from the PC to the amplifier. > > The USB dac I tried is not as good as Touch's one. > But if I understand correctly, with MonkeySqueeze, you just tell LMS > what to play, and the sound quality is controlled by LMS setup and the > Touch. > That means it is much better than to have to deal with OS audio > settings and USB dac driver. > > For example MediaMonkey equalizer doesn't affect the Touch playback. > So I guess I don't loose any sound quality, and gains the much better > MediaMonkey library management and interface. > > Is that correct ? > One thing that prevented me to try MonkeySqueeze sooner is that I > believed I would run into OS specific sound quality problem.
Yes that is correct. The Squeezebox devices are playing music direct from the source so to speak, the music library. MediaMonkey via MonkeySqueeze is just giving the address, it's not streaming. This applies to LMS on a PC or NAS. That is the advantage of Squeezebox hardware, good quality DAC. From what I've read, most USB DACs don't work as well as expected. I personally use a high end sound card which I find acceptable, but purists will probably not be impressed. If using LMS on a PC and it's not linked to a library but an empty folder, it will play the music MM/MS tells it to. It also keeps the address information and you will gradually see the same music appear in the LMS My Music database. You can select and play this music independently of MM/MS. If you do a rescan of the music library (empty folder) it will wipe this information. Yes modifying the the music which plays in MediaMonkey using crossfade, remove silence etc... has no affect on the music in LMS. That is why you need to disable those functions in MM when using V2.0.0 as they will affect the buffering/lag issue. Not important in current Beta with playlist sync. Regarding V1.5 you only need SqueezePlay if you wish to play music on a PC in-sync with Squeezebox system. In other words V1.5 works the same as V2.0 except it communicates via the CLI (9090)instead of the HTTP port (9000). I'll have to get back to you regarding the logging. -- Gingernut63 Gingernut63 MonkeySqueeze - Squeezing music into your life! http://twitter.com/#!/MonkeySqueeze1 MonkeySqueeze Support: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=59515 MonkeySqueeze Development: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=59907 Squeezebox Boom - SqueezePlay - Squeeze Player - MediaMonkey - MonkeyTunes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gingernut63's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48490 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89046 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
