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External streamer or direct? - goten1969 - 15-Jan-2024 I have been streaming directly from my Roon server to the Expert Pro for a long time. it seems to work well and I’m happy with the results. I’ve gone down the rabbit hole on the web with building a Pi based streamer. Gabster and others on YouTube talk about building a streamer (and DAC) and have designs and build kits. This really appeals to the geek in me but I’m wondering what the results were for people that added a streamer to the mix? If you use your system with a streamer can you tell me why you went that direction rather than streaming direct? What changes or improvements did you get? External streamer or direct? - jbp - 15-Jan-2024 Hello In my experience with a devialet 250 pro ci, a substantial improvement is possible with a DDC reclocking and feeding the Devialet with AES. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk RE: External streamer or direct? - Pim - 15-Jan-2024 Have a look at this for ideas on making your own: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvu_doQfAI0&t=933s I've tried and ordered a Holo Audio RED to go into the AES/EBU input and it definitely improves on the USB connection I've used for years. Ethernet doesn't even play in the same league. RE: External streamer or direct? - markush - 22-Jan-2024 The Holo Audio Red is great! As @Pim mentioned via AES/EBU perfect match also for Devialet. You can even run it in HQPlayer NAA mode with upsampling to 192/24 PCM to further improve things. RE: External streamer or direct? - Pim - 23-Jan-2024 (22-Jan-2024, 21:41)markush Wrote: The Holo Audio Red is great! As @Pim mentioned via AES/EBU perfect match also for Devialet. The problem is getting one. I ordered mine in August if I remember correctly. Still waiting. RE: External streamer or direct? - markush - 23-Jan-2024 Did you talk with magnahifi? External streamer or direct? - Waiski - 24-Jan-2024 I ordered Red today from Magna. They had those in stock. |