16-Jan-2021, 12:25
I hope someone still follows this thread!
About a week ago, I got a 30 day trial for Euphony Stylus and, in short, it sounds GREAT!
I was following Euphony mostly on Audiophile Style but I never tried it as installation seemed to be be a bit complicated for me. On the other hand, I got really tired of Roon's thin and edgy sound. Just about a week ago, took the leap and downloaded Daphile (https://www.daphile.com) onto a USB flash drive. Installation on my vintage MacBook Air was really simple and I was up and running in no time (except loading the library takes some time). Naturally, the GUI is not to be compared to Roon's, but it is not bad at all and it has good Qobuz implementation. But most of all, listening to Daphile was a real surprise: so much more pleasant than Roon, though the bass was a bit muddled. Nevertheless, WAY better sound than Roon. I was pleasantly surprised from a software that costs absolutely nothing!
So I wondered if I shouldn't take the leap to try out Euphony Stylus. Again, I downloaded a trial version, made a USB flash drive carrying Euphony and ran it on my MacBook Air. The software to me wasn't quite so straight forward than Daphile, I struggled with a number of problems, but patiently, I took step by step and managed to get this thing going. The sound was just wonderful I heard from this player. Detailed, but not over-detailed, lacking any traces of sharpness/shrillness, an extremely pleasant experience. And this from a small USB flash drive loading my Mac's memory with the player software. And most of all, despite Roon's gobbledegook of core and endpoints, I was going from the Mac's USB port straight into my Devialet Expert 120. It can't be simpler than this! And nowhere any expensive linear power supplies for network switches or computer!
It really can't be any simpler. So if anyone oogles Euphony, by all means, try it out!
About a week ago, I got a 30 day trial for Euphony Stylus and, in short, it sounds GREAT!
I was following Euphony mostly on Audiophile Style but I never tried it as installation seemed to be be a bit complicated for me. On the other hand, I got really tired of Roon's thin and edgy sound. Just about a week ago, took the leap and downloaded Daphile (https://www.daphile.com) onto a USB flash drive. Installation on my vintage MacBook Air was really simple and I was up and running in no time (except loading the library takes some time). Naturally, the GUI is not to be compared to Roon's, but it is not bad at all and it has good Qobuz implementation. But most of all, listening to Daphile was a real surprise: so much more pleasant than Roon, though the bass was a bit muddled. Nevertheless, WAY better sound than Roon. I was pleasantly surprised from a software that costs absolutely nothing!
So I wondered if I shouldn't take the leap to try out Euphony Stylus. Again, I downloaded a trial version, made a USB flash drive carrying Euphony and ran it on my MacBook Air. The software to me wasn't quite so straight forward than Daphile, I struggled with a number of problems, but patiently, I took step by step and managed to get this thing going. The sound was just wonderful I heard from this player. Detailed, but not over-detailed, lacking any traces of sharpness/shrillness, an extremely pleasant experience. And this from a small USB flash drive loading my Mac's memory with the player software. And most of all, despite Roon's gobbledegook of core and endpoints, I was going from the Mac's USB port straight into my Devialet Expert 120. It can't be simpler than this! And nowhere any expensive linear power supplies for network switches or computer!
It really can't be any simpler. So if anyone oogles Euphony, by all means, try it out!
SonicTransporter i5 - AirPort Extreme - Devialet Expert 120 - ATC SCM 19 v1
