27-May-2016, 21:24
(27-May-2016, 04:39)pdg540 Wrote: Sounds very much like the Logitech Media Server system then. I know almost nothing of mac and ipad as I've always used Windows and android. Things will probably fall in place once all the hardware and software is in front of me.
I was a long-time Squeezebox user, LMS on Windows, and only recently switched over to Roon - when they implemented the ability to play to squeezebox devices as end-points.
Most everything I loved about LMS is substantially better with Roon. I control it with an iPad or my Win laptop and the UI is just awesome. For me, Roon changes how you select and listen to music. That's not to poo-poo LMS and the squeezebox environment - SlimDevices were truly ground-breaking and way ahead of the curve. Logitech was just way short-sighted when they bailed on it a few years back. Amazingly, there is still a huge LMS userbase.
I'm currently running Roon on a Win 10 desktop computer with an SSD to boot from and 4TB drive for the music. I've got multiple Squeezebox endpoints (SB Radio, SB Touch in kitchen, Duet in dining room) as well as my Devialet 200. Until recently, I had a SB Touch connected to the SPDIF inputs of the Devialet as well. I did spend a good bit of time trying to get AIR to work and you can find a ton of posts here that describe the frustration of doing so for many. Some have been able to get it to work fairly well, but the occasional stuttering, white noise of BSODs on the Windows server that I experienced just pushed me over the edge. And that was via ethernet, not wifi - problems I did NOT experience via LMS or Roon to the SB Touch to the Devialet.
I've since acquired a Sonore uRendu as an endpoint to the Devialet USB input to replace the SB Touch. (Ethernet > uRendu > USB > Devialet). It just works - functionally as well as the SB Touch but sound quality is far better.
Perhaps Devialet's AIR 3 will prove to be just as good as the uRendu, but it's unclear when that will be made available and if it work 100% of the time.
Mike
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