TheLastMan wrote: > I agree with every point you make. The OP seems to be ignoring the > existing solutions and suggesting somebody writes him some complex > software, free of charge of course, just so he can make use of the > otherwise useless DLNA function in his amplifiers. Nice try, but not > likely to get him what he wants. > > The extra Squeezebox device is the least hassle solution and already > easily achieved for about £50. With a WiFi enabled Raspberry Pi and > PiCorePlayer it is a matter of minutes to build a working player and the > Pi is so small that you could easily hide it behind virtually all but > the tiniest amp. It is actually smaller than a Receiver, I have two > Receivers and I barely notice those as it is! > > If you want "hi-fi" you can always solder in a PiDac - which is > supported by PiCorePlayer and produces a pretty decent sound by all > accounts. True Hi-fi needs a separate DAC, of course, but that would be > the same with his system as the DLNA DACs in his amplifiers are unlikely > to be a match for even relatively lowly standalone DACs. > > My only qualm is that every extra box is yet another power supply, plug > and set of cables. But you can't have everything... As the nearly OAP OP I demur. I am not ignoring the hardware solutions. I am looking for software solutions. My hardware abilities are not good, and I avoid wielding a soldering iron whenever possible because I make a mess of things. That's all.
As far as I can tell the DLNA DAC in my Musical Fidelity M1CL1C is the same DAC as it uses for coax input, at 24/19200 uncompressed, so I don't thin k it lacks for quality. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi running Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. Wired Touch + EDO, coax to Musical Fidelity M1 CLiC. Wireless Xubuntu 14.04 laptop controls LMS via Chromium. Meridian Explorer USB DAC to listen via Squeezelite on Vortexbox & other PCs as required. Spare Touch in loft. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101622
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