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RE: Which streaming input on the Devialet sounds best to you? - Eddye - 26-Jun-2014 (25-Jun-2014, 21:52)Divasson Wrote:Your welcome. Does your Mac do hourly Time Machine backups? Maybe that's causing the hickups.(24-Jun-2014, 16:18)Eddye Wrote:(24-Jun-2014, 13:49)Petter Wrote: Had to ask since i did a test of Audirvana earlier,and did communicate with Thierry at that time ,who said that the way air was built and set up to control itunes and the sound card it had no effect using other controls ,when using Devialet air? RE: Which streaming input on the Devialet sounds best to you? - Divasson - 26-Jun-2014 (26-Jun-2014, 06:11)Eddye Wrote:No, the hiccups are much more frequent than at, and there are some that are like noise too - like electrical noise each time the drive is connected or something like that. The direct Ethernet connection solves that too.(25-Jun-2014, 21:52)Divasson Wrote:Your welcome. Does your Mac do hourly Time Machine backups? Maybe that's causing the hickups.(24-Jun-2014, 16:18)Eddye Wrote:(24-Jun-2014, 13:49)Petter Wrote: Had to ask since i did a test of Audirvana earlier,and did communicate with Thierry at that time ,who said that the way air was built and set up to control itunes and the sound card it had no effect using other controls ,when using Devialet air? RE: Which streaming input on the Devialet sounds best to you? - f1eng - 26-Jun-2014 I haven't tried USB or Ethernet yet since I am struggling to get my updated to 800 units working as they should but can say that Air is working fine with default settings, in terms of dropouts. I don't find Time Machine backups to be a problem (apart from the noise of the backup disc). Another computer on the network -may- use enough bandwidth to cause dropouts and Android is pretty well guaranteed to cause reasonably frequent dropouts IME. RE: Which streaming input on the Devialet sounds best to you? - GTX - 17-Aug-2014 I am trying Audinirvana for the first time tonight. First impressions are very positive (using MacAir/Nas + halide usb/spdif bridge into Devialet 250). What type of setup gives the best results with our Devialet? [in one blog there was a recommendation to try upsampling x2, filter max 1,800,000 , cutoff1.05 , antialiasing 200, pre ringing 0.6]. RE: Which streaming input on the Devialet sounds best to you? - AlexS - 15-Nov-2014 (28-May-2014, 17:00)Jwg1749 Wrote: Hi Antoine, Hello, Matt! I'm entertaining the idea of getting a Mac mini and using JRiver, to stream over Ethernet, to leave the white noise Windows problem behind me for good. Do you happen to know if: 1) JRiver on Mac is bit perfect? 2) Whether it supports FLACs with embedded cue sheets (which Foobar on Windows does) You also seem to have switched from your Mac mini to a Windows server. What was the reason for that? And, finally, have you observed worse (compared to Ethernet) sound quality when streaming over USB? Devialet USB input is also described as asynchronous (therefore no jitter?), and includes CRC error checking. So, based on that, one could expect identical SQ from USB and Ethernet. The reason I ask about USB is that my alternative to MAC mini is to get a small PC, put it next to Devialet, and connect with USB. Thank you, -Alex. RE: Which streaming input on the Devialet sounds best to you? - johnsap - 08-Dec-2014 I think I can hear a difference between the Air with JRiver and AES with moon mind along with synology media server. I did not take lots of time to compare but I iniially thought the SQ should be about the same. I use a Nordost valhalla aes cable but music sounds somehow dull as it tries to escape throuth a blanket in comparison to the Air (especially the highs). It seems it forces me to make the music louder with aes. It does not sound bad, but I have a feeling that air provides more transparency. I like the convenience of using my ipad only to run music from my library but I will have to spend more time analyzing the difference to claim the conclusion. But my initial impressions that the valhalla cable is not as transparent as I hoped. Or this effect is due to the Moon mind? Does any one experience the same? If you gents can suggest what I experience, that would be great! RE: Which streaming input on the Devialet sounds best to you? - craigyoung - 09-Dec-2014 Intel Celeron NUC running Daphile into USB, controlled by orange squeeze on android or Peng on iPad I have tidal and spotify streaming perfectly, this is the easiest and best sounding so far, i used to run iTunes server on the Synology and control via remote app using ethernet and Air (iMac in the middle), but i mostly use streaming services now and this is the solution i have been looking for, not perfect but close. RE: Which streaming input on the Devialet sounds best to you? - GuillaumeB - 09-Dec-2014 (08-Dec-2014, 17:31)johnsap Wrote: I think I can hear a difference between the Air with JRiver and AES with moon mind along with synology media server. I'm not altogether surprised by your findings. I owned a MiND 180 for almost a year. A few months ago when I decided to revisit AIR I was actually surprised at how good AIR sounded, dare I say better than the MiND. Yes AIR seems more transparent and definitely "brighter" than the MiND. Take a look at this thread where I posted my findings: http://devialetchat.com/Thread-Mac-AIR-v-MiND-180-v-Auralic-ARIES-v-totaldac-d1-server Guillaume RE: Which streaming input on the Devialet sounds best to you? - Confused - 09-Dec-2014 There have not been many claims for equipment that can match or even exceed the quality of AIR. It would appear that some cleverly optimised computer / USB solutions can do it. Maybe the Aurender X100 gets close? The Totaldac D1 looks like the best anyone has found so far as an "off the shelf" solution. Apart from that, at least for the folk not inclined to custom build PC solutions, not much! RE: Which streaming input on the Devialet sounds best to you? - GuillaumeB - 09-Dec-2014 (09-Dec-2014, 16:35)Confused Wrote: There have not been many claims for equipment that can match or even exceed the quality of AIR. It would appear that some cleverly optimised computer / USB solutions can do it. Maybe the Aurender X100 gets close? The Totaldac D1 looks like the best anyone has found so far as an "off the shelf" solution. Apart from that, at least for the folk not inclined to custom build PC solutions, not much! I'd be inclined to take a look at the 3D Lab Nano Transport. According to ThierryNK it is at least as good as the totaldac d1 server, SQ-wise. And at a fraction of the cost (1,750 euros). http://devialetchat.com/Thread-New-kid-on-the-block Of course the beauty of the Aurender is the built-in storage (negating the use of a NAS and accompanying network cables) plus attractive control point. I must say I wouldn't mind giving one a try. There is of course the question of Devialet's (alleged) UPnP implementation... Guillaume |