marflao wrote: 
> I hope you don´t mind if I jump in here ;-)
> 
> The CSP2 sounds very interesting and I guess I will get one too, once it
> will be available.
> 
> I got one question for which I couldn´t find an answer on the Community
> Squeeze pages (or did I miss this ?!?!). In case this has already been
> asked (and answered) pls forgive me asking it again: what kind of
> formats will the CSP2 be able to play/handle (in my case all music will
> be stored on a Syno NAS)? Assuming the external DAC is capable of DXD &
> DSD will this also be handled by the CSP2?
> 
> I don´t want´to start a new "DSD or not DSD" debate here but I´m just
> curious what the WB/CSP2 will be capable of.
> Personally I haven´t listened to any DXD or DSD files yet and I´m not
> sure if I would hear the difference to a 24bit something song. But I
> might would give it a try to find out myself ;-)
> 
> Thanks in advance for your feedback and looking forward to the final
> product ;-)

The player software (squeezelite) running on the CSP processsor
(wandboard module)  supports a few types natively, these are the "stream
types" that can be delivered from LMS to the player. LMS is in charge of
converting a much larger array of file types to one of  these stream
types. LMS can be run on either an external computer or the CSP
processor. If you have a NAS you have a choice of running LMS on the NAS
or on the CSP. The CSP processor  is powerful enough to run LMS better
than many  NAS  boxes. When running LMS on the CSP it's perfectly happy
pointing at a NAS on the network for the  music files.   

It's theoretically possible to add a DSD DAC board to a CSP system, but
I'm not sure it would fit in the same case. It would also have it's own
analog outs. It's not going to happen any time soon, if ever.

John S.


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