totaldac D1 server

[GuillaumeB]

Will do! It seems like Vincent is committed to keeping it state of the art. Does the TIDAL integration work well?

Hi AaronG I'm embarrassed to say that I haven't managed to get TIDAL working yet. As far as I understand this needs to be done through the Ipeng iPad app and I have been struggling a bit with this. I haven't given up though. The other alternative would be to simply stream directly from my iPad using Airplay which the d1 server reclocks anyway.

Recently I've been mainly using two versions of the software that remove all services except MPD (so no Airplay, UPnP, Ipeng etc) to achieve the highest level of sound quality possible. At the moment I am really enjoying the version without pre-loading which sounds quite a bit smoother... seems to be a nice synergy with the Devialet. The sound quality is what really sets this box apart though, it seems to give you the best of AIR without any of the slight dryness/brightness. And by the way I think AIR sounds mighty good!  So we are talking about taking things to a new level. 

Anyway it's nice to have all these options and yes it does seem that Vincent is very committed to this product, which also forms a key part of his flagship d12 DAC.

By the way I'm also using his ethernet cable to connect directly to a switch, it performs at least as well as my AQ Diamond one! The AQ one is possibly a little darker but the totaldac one is very natural.

If you go down this route you'll also need to factor in a decent AES/EBU cable.

Cheers

Guillaume