Man in a van wrote: 
> Jason, I have an Odroid, but no time to play at  the moment.
> 
> I did try both SqueezePlug and Max2Play several months ago and found
> them both a little awkward and lumpy to use, so put the Odroid away.
> 
> Most of the time I use an O2 Joggler with attached USB stick (for the
> OS) and Hard Drive as my LMS server.
> 
> I also have a Qnap NAS I use sometimes.
> 
> Good luck with your quest
> 
> atb
> 
> Ronnie

Understood.  

The Max2play software is so very close to a complete solution for a
mid-to-high-end stereo system... It's got LMS running fast and
snappy-like, and a built-in squeezebox.  Hook it up to an external DAC
and it fits in perfectly.  Right now it sounds fantastic playing back
16/44 files in my smaller system.  If I can get it to play 24/96 and
24/192 files, it'll be essentially perfect for my needs, and -- I
suspect -- a significant number of audiophiles who don't know this sort
of thing exists.  

So many audiophiles stumble around using lame-ass DLNA servers and
renderers, with poor interfaces, and if they knew they could stream
bit-perfect audio via the great LMS interface (7.9 has some wonderful
features), they'd wet themselves with glee.  However, there are some
serious stumbling blocks, and it's a very small percentage of the
population that would be willing AND able to telnet in with putty and
use VI to edit a file in a SSH window. 

Further, there's no consistent source of information for how to set this
thing up.  Rpi forums, Logitech forums, mailing lists, all with
disparate small pieces of the answers I need to get my Odroid working. 
Linux is a wonderful tool, but I suspect it may never get its shit
together enough to be even remotely palatable to more than a tiny fringe
of the population.  Then again, maybe that's the way Linux users want
it...?

Anyway, I'm going to lumber on trying to find the best way to get the
Max2play software working to my satisfaction.  Right now I've got three
other friends who want one if I can get it all sorted. 

Jason


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