29-Sep-2014, 20:19
I've been toying around for a long time with AIR via iTunes, JRiver, JPlay and Fidelify (Spotify client). As with many of you, I have had a mixed experience, including dropouts, tics and the dreaded and hated "white noise." Today, for some reason, I went back to iTunes and discovered something neat that many of you probably already know. If you use the Devialet remote app (it's on an iTouch for me), you can actually select "My Music" from within the app, which accesses your iTunes library.
When you do this, it takes you to the iTunes library from which you can access your albums, songs, playlists, etc. For some reason, it played flawlessly tonight for several hours. Never a tic, never any white noise. Nothing but music. I have a mix of CD quality stuff (16/44.1) plus some high-resolution stuff on iTunes and it all played nicely together.
Regarding my setup, I use an AirPort Extreme, with a bridged AirPort Express about two feet from the Devialet, connected by Ethernet. The AirPort Extreme is in a room with the computer and router, and the Devialet and AirPort Express are in my living room. (It's a one-level apartment in France.) Using the WiFi AIR vs Ethernet, I typically get 5 bars on the PC/Air readout, or about -49dBm, which is an excellent signal. I toyed around with both WiFi and Ethernet and both sounded excellent.
Maybe it was just dumb luck tonight. Of course, let's remember that the Devialet folks designed AIR with iTunes in mind. So in theory it should work pretty well. Anyone else tried this?
When you do this, it takes you to the iTunes library from which you can access your albums, songs, playlists, etc. For some reason, it played flawlessly tonight for several hours. Never a tic, never any white noise. Nothing but music. I have a mix of CD quality stuff (16/44.1) plus some high-resolution stuff on iTunes and it all played nicely together.
Regarding my setup, I use an AirPort Extreme, with a bridged AirPort Express about two feet from the Devialet, connected by Ethernet. The AirPort Extreme is in a room with the computer and router, and the Devialet and AirPort Express are in my living room. (It's a one-level apartment in France.) Using the WiFi AIR vs Ethernet, I typically get 5 bars on the PC/Air readout, or about -49dBm, which is an excellent signal. I toyed around with both WiFi and Ethernet and both sounded excellent.
Maybe it was just dumb luck tonight. Of course, let's remember that the Devialet folks designed AIR with iTunes in mind. So in theory it should work pretty well. Anyone else tried this?
Devialet Expert 220 Pro Kinki EX-M7 power amp tethered to a fiber-fed Lumin X1 streamer via Grimm XLRs, Vivid B1 Decade speakers in Rosso Barchetta red (only 200 produced in a limited edition), Roon Nucleus with a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD, etherREGEN switch fed by a Sonore opticalModule (and Sonore-supplied transceivers and 1M optical cable) with a SOtM dCBL-Cat7 cable to my Nucleus and a DH Labs Reunion Cat8 to my Lumin T2 streamer, Keces P8 linear power supply feeding a (to come) NUC and EtherREGEN switch with an external AfterDark OCXO clock., and opticalModule (5V/1A), AudioQuest Niagara 1000 power conditioner, ASI LiveLine loom (purchased directly from Franck Tchang when I lived in France), Less Loss Firewall for Speakers and Roon lifetime license with Tidal streaming.
