M-dB wrote: > Currently an Xfinity xFi modem/router is connected by ethernet ->to a > 2011 Mac Mini Os version 10.13.6, i5 core transmitting WiFi ->to the > Channel Island Audio powered Logitech Squeezebox Touch 7.7. The Touch is > connected with Straight Wire COAX/RCA -> to a Metrum Acoustics > (Optical/Toslink and COAX/RCA only) NOS Mini DAC which is connected -> > to a preamplifier with Cardas RCA interconnects. > > I don't know what LMS is. I assume the ethernet port is an input and am > unclear about the USB port? > > > Recently my Mac Mini is unable to support the new Pure Music 3 which has > led me to consider an uncertain upgrade path. I'm told the Squeezebox > may be limiting fidelity as well as using a WiFi input. At this point I > find digital options exciting but extremely overwhelming. I assumed a > contemporary asynchronous USB DAC and a hard wired connection to the > Squeezebox Touch might be a place to begin?
Your Mac Mini should be running Logitech Media server (LMS) connected by ethernet cable to your router. http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/index.php?ver=8.1 Your Squeezebox Touch (SBT) should be connected to your router, either with an ethernet cable or wirelessly, this makes no difference to the digital signal, the ones & zeros either get to their destination, or they don't). Your SBT should be connected to your pre amplifier/amplifier/speakers using RCA/phono cable. The Mac Mini running LMS sends a digital signal to your SBT, the SBT's internal DAC converts this signal to analogue. Or, connect the SBT to an external DAC using SPDIF/COAX cable, this bypasses the SBT's internal DAC and sends a digital signal to the connected external DAC/amp/speakers. *Server - LMS 8.2.0 *Pi4B 4GB/Argon one case/pCP v7.0.1 - 75K library, playlists & LMS cache on SSD (ntfs) *Study -* Pi4/pCP 7.0.1/Topping E30 DAC/Ruark MR1 Mk2 *Lounge* - Pi2/pCP 6.0.0 > HiFiBerry DIGI+ > AudioEngine DAC1 > AVI DM5 *Dining Room* - Pi3B/pCP/Bluetooth/Echo Show 8 *Garage* - DAC32 > Edifier speakers *Spares* - 2xTouch, 1xSB Radio. 1xSB3, 6xRPi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kidstypike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10436 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114783 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
