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RE: Devialet - direct NAS connection - jfp - 27-Sep-2016 Question is : Is the Mutec better than AES/EBU ? is it possible to measure the gap in between ? not as a scientist of course but for a common ear RE: Devialet - direct NAS connection - Axel - 27-Sep-2016 (27-Sep-2016, 17:25)jfp Wrote: Question is : Is the Mutec better than AES/EBU ? is it possible to measure the gap in between ? not as a scientist of course but for a common ear As it is the Mutec which converts USB to AES/EBU, and I don't know of any other hardware that can do this, I don't think we can answer your question! RE: Devialet - direct NAS connection - jfp - 27-Sep-2016 right Axel as I did not understand that Mutec had to be plugged into AES D input Another question is the NAS reading speed. My QNAP 119 Turbo is 6 years old and works perfectly (44 khz or 192/24). But it reads and write around 19 MO/S only. A QNAP 251C for instance has 112 MB/s read & write speeds. For audio use have you noticed an interest and difference with current NAS with their speed reading capacity ? RE: Devialet - direct NAS connection - Axel - 28-Sep-2016 (27-Sep-2016, 21:01)jfp Wrote: right Axel as I did not understand that Mutec had to be plugged into AES D input You don't have to use the AES/EBU output from the Mutec as it also has optical and coaxial S/PDIF outputs. RE: Devialet - direct NAS connection - Pjotr27 - 28-Sep-2016 (26-Jul-2016, 07:26)cuco Wrote: I am also very unhappy to see this massive upgrade costs. I bought my unit after christmas last year. And now there is a big upgrade that cost more then half the price i paid. I feel like they are kidding me?! (27-Sep-2016, 21:01)jfp Wrote: right Axel as I did not understand that Mutec had to be plugged into AES D input How is your QNAP 119 connected and which program do you use? QNAP don`t provide a program for playing. Only for the big NAS drives. But maybe i`m wrong.. RE: Devialet - direct NAS connection - jfp - 28-Sep-2016 The 119 does not play anything. The Moon Mind reads the music. Only some Qnap drives has the HD STATION 3 able to get J RIVER and read the files directly from the NAS through USB RE: Devialet - direct NAS connection - jfp - 04-Oct-2016 something new and expected to be excellent. I wonder if it is as good as the Micro Rendu ? less expensive ! http://www.audiophonics.fr/fr/appareils-hifi-interfaces-digitales/armature-hecate-interface-xmos-xcore-208-usb-spdif-asynchrone-p-11412.html what about the USB input on the devialet. Has it a galvanic isolation already ? RE: Devialet - direct NAS connection - Axel - 04-Oct-2016 (04-Oct-2016, 09:49)jfp Wrote: something new and expected to be excellent. I wonder if it is as good as the Micro Rendu ? less expensive !Looks interesting, but you can't compare it to the MicroRendu as it has completely different functionality. My French isn't very good, but I can see that it has galvanic isolation. Does it re-clock the signal? If not, you may be better off going for the Intona USB isolator, which provides galvanic isolation and reclocks the signal. I used to have one before I bought the Mutec MC-3+ USB and it gave an easily audible improvement to the sound quality. One advantage of the Audiophonics unit is that it has a S/Pdif output which, IMO, is better sounding than the USB input on the Devialet. RE: Devialet - direct NAS connection - Hifi_swlon - 04-Oct-2016 (04-Oct-2016, 09:49)jfp Wrote: something new and expected to be excellent. I wonder if it is as good as the Micro Rendu ? less expensive ! Looking at the circuit board image, this looks very much like a rebranded Singxer F-1, which seems to be one of the flavours of the month (see headfi) so probably not a bad bet. http://www.shenzhenaudio.com/singxer-f-1-xmos-usb-digital-interface-board-xu208-chip-high-end-u8-upgraded-version.html The microrendu doesn't have USB galvanic isolation btw - just standard Ethernet connection GI. There's also a lot less inside the rendu, certainly no high-end clocks I could see anywhere, which surprised me a bit.... RE: Devialet - direct NAS connection - jfp - 04-Oct-2016 yes that's it I confused with INTONA. Yes the SPIDF should be better and as you know you can have a SPDIF/AES EBU cable too. https://help.devialet.com/hc/en-us/articles/203402291-How-to-make-the-SPDIF-to-AES-EBU-cable-by-myself |