(30-Sep-2014, 00:03)Confused Wrote: For me it just plays what's actually stored on my iphone, which are 320kbs tracks, my "real" music library on an external hard drive is over 300 GB, which obviously won't fit on a 64 GB phone.
Yes it's 100% stable, but sound quality drops a bit compared to streaming from the PC itself.
You are correct, Confused. I got excited when I first accessed my music, thinking it was the iTunes library on my PC. Instead, it's a bunch of music I had loaded on my iTouch... but the kicker is that the songs are Apple lossless, so the fidelity is just as good as the stuff on my computer. Sigh. I thought I had discovered a better way of accessing my iTunes library on the computer. Still, when I use the Remote app and access the iTunes library on my computer, it is more stable (not completely) than JRiver, Fidelify, etc. Just not what I thought was a very neat solution.
(30-Sep-2014, 00:29)Damon Wrote: Hi Flashman,
My first post, and not yet a Devialet owner, but your post does apply to one of my general questions. If I understand, you are using the Devialet app to stream music from your computer, but you are using an Apple Airport network; wireless from computer to Airport Extreme > wireless to airport express > ethernet into Devialet? Or is the Airport Extreme wired to your computer?
I understand (I think) that Dev. doesn't use UPnP, but I would want to be able to stream from my iMac to the Dev. as I do now with my Naim Unitiqute. I've tried a wireless system, going from my iMac to an Airport Express, but I did find the sound quality too compromised with the Airport Express.
I am guessing that you have gone to this Apple airport Ext to airport Exp. as a way of not using the Dev. AIR system?
Thanks.
Welcome to the Devialet world, Damon. As you will note from my response in this thread to Confused, I was actually accessing my iTouch and not my PC when I extolled the virtues of the Devialet AIR and iTunes integration on the Devialet remote app.
Now, as to your questions:
1) I am using Devialet AIR (a streaming protocol that acts as a sound card on your computer) to stream music from my PC. I am using an Apple Airport network; wireless from my PC to AirPort Extreme > wireless to AirPort express > ethernet into Devialet. The AirPort Extreme is NOT wired to my PC, though Devialet says I would get a better result this way.
2) You said "I am guessing that you have gone to this Apple airport Ext to airport Exp. as a way of not using the Dev. AIR system?" Nope, I am using Devialet Air. It just turns out that my router (as I live in France, I have an Orange telecom router) was not playing nicely with the Devialet (you would think French to French would be impécable mais non) so I went the AirPort route, which is recommended by Devialet. As to the quality, when it works, I have blissful experiences. The beauty of Devialet AIR is that it sends bit perfect steams to your Devialet, bypassing all the nonsense that typically is associated with playing music through a PC. All the processing is done in the Devialet. Magic, *sigh* when it works! Hope this helps.
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