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RE: totaldac D1 server - bmichels - 20-Feb-2015 (20-Feb-2015, 20:00)ogs Wrote:(20-Feb-2015, 19:31)bmichels Wrote: all this is not very reasuring....since I also want to buy TotalDAC Server and I WANT ti be able to strealm Tidal.Qibuz with it ! +1 : ARIES/aurender + Reclocker may be THE solution if SQ is as good as ....TotalDAC Server RE: totaldac D1 server - fabiodeluca - 24-Feb-2015 (20-Feb-2015, 17:22)GuillaumeB Wrote:(20-Feb-2015, 17:16)fabiodeluca Wrote: Hi RE: totaldac D1 server - GuillaumeB - 24-Feb-2015 (24-Feb-2015, 06:37)fabiodeluca Wrote: Hi Yes I have finally managed to get Tidal working on my totaldac. It turned out that I had a faulty SD card which led to wasting an awful lot of time trying to find/fix a non-existent problem on the network. It is quite tricky to setup as there are so many moving parts (Mysqueezebox, Ipeng, totaldac etc). The integration is just about ok, it's certainly not as pretty as the Linn Kazoo implementation which is quite impressive actually. Sound quality-wise I'm not too impressed and I don't know if this is simply because MPD only is just so much better or if there is something I haven't optimised correctly in the Logitech Media Server audio settings... at the moment the sound is a bit muffled and lacking in dynamics like an MP3 perhaps. Anyway perhaps if I can improve on the SQ I will get a bit more enthusiastic! Guillaume RE: totaldac D1 server - PhilP - 24-Feb-2015 (24-Feb-2015, 18:36)GuillaumeB Wrote: Yes I have finally managed to get Tidal working on my totaldac.... Sounds like a s/w problem... but be aware that not all albums on Tidal are 16-bit lossless. They told me that 20-30% are lossy files so maybe you chose the wrong one... Tidal sounded very good when I tried it on my Mac. In fact I would say that it was often difficult to distinguish between streaming from Tidal and listening to a CD rip of the same album. I didn't go with Tidal as I experienced some stuttering and I preferred to stay with the excellent Qobuz - French, of course When listening critically I can hear differences between Tidal/Qobuz and a CD rip and prefer the latter so I still occasionally buy CDs of music I really like but would guess I listen to Qobuz 80-90% of the time now... RE: totaldac D1 server - GuillaumeB - 24-Feb-2015 (24-Feb-2015, 22:31)PhilP Wrote:(24-Feb-2015, 18:36)GuillaumeB Wrote: Yes I have finally managed to get Tidal working on my totaldac.... Well I'm going to try another couple of options: 1) Streaming Tidal from my iPad to the totaldac via Airplay 2) Borrowing a Linn Akurate DS which I know has a half decent digital out and connecting that to the Dev, that way I can stream using Kazoo which is very slick I played a number of tracks from different albums and the sound just wasn't good. I don't think there is much else I can do to optimise Ipeng and the LMS on the cubox... I wonder if ickstream isn't the bottleneck here - ickstream provides the Tidal service to the Ipeng app... I'm not giving up just yet! Guillaume RE: totaldac D1 server - thumb5 - 24-Feb-2015 For what it's worth, my experience with Tidal was very similar to PhilP's. I opted to stay with Qobuz for the same reasons. (They've been trying to entice me back today with the complete Led Zeppelin catalog now being available on Tidal. So far my resolve is holding up...) RE: totaldac D1 server - PhilP - 24-Feb-2015 (24-Feb-2015, 22:43)thumb5 Wrote: (They've been trying to entice me back today with the complete Led Zeppelin catalog now being available on Tidal. So far my resolve is holding up...) I received the same offer but have their original albums on vinyl and much prefer them to the dodgy digital re masters RE: totaldac D1 server - GuillaumeB - 24-Feb-2015 Ok some good news... just tried streaming via Airplay to the totaldac from my iPad. It sounds way better! Ok not as amazing as MPD-only but it's perfectly listenable. The d1 server reclocks the Airplay input so I'm getting some benefit from my setup. Guillaume RE: totaldac D1 server - PhilP - 24-Feb-2015 @Guillaume. I really like the Tidal iOS app - looks good and works well. You could use AirPlay to stream Tidal from iPad to your Devialet via an wAirport Express or Apple TV using Toslink cable into the Devialet. I tried that and it works well but the SQ is not as good as Tidal on Mac/AIR Edit: just saw your post - I would guess it would sound better via Totaldac than direct to D800 but might be worth trying the latter. RE: totaldac D1 server - Jnan_devi - 25-Feb-2015 Phil - whats the exact app name ? i m finding many if i typed Tidal... got many... do you have image of it ? |