Jplay

[MusicLover]

Well, there seems to be some issues with Jplay and Air in my system—but I have found an old printer USB cable—this also give the benefit that I can tweak Jplay to the highest setting, eg. no buffer, and chose freely in all streaming options.

So I did a trial.

Air, VS Jplay with Kernel Streaming—ULTRAStream and no Buffer connected to the Devialet via an old printer cable.

I still think the Jplay option is superior, all my earlier comments are still true.

To have a second opinion I have asked the assistance by my wife, she likes music but have no interest in the equipment, she does however have good ears.

She could also immediately hear the difference, she describes it like this:

Air—really good stereo equipment,
Jplay—a live perforce, the speakers seems to disappear and the music is just “there”

It reminds me a little of the old days where I had a Plinius SA-103, it had a switch between class A and AB, where A is Jplay and AB is Air.

Now the quest for a better USB cable begins...

Just to set the record straight, I have no interest in the company and like I have stated before was really skeptical before i tried to SW—but seen in the light of the changes it dose on my system it is a bargain at 100€

Kind regards Morten

Hi Morten,

Have you tried connecting via USB using the Xtream engine with increased buffer values? Say 4000? (you have to regedit for this)
If not, you may be surprised at the results. The system becomes less responsive to album changes, but SQwise...

As for the USB cable I'm very happy with the SilverPlus. I think it's still also the favourite for the guys at HiFi News, and it costs less than a decent dinner for two

Cheers,


ML