I was messing around with WinAmp a long time ago. Personally, I was very early to the digital game because I am one of those shuffle play/mixed tapes guys and I really enjoy making playlists. I suppose I could have waited until there was music streaming options but what fun would that have been? Was it easy? No, but it was also a long time coming. That feeds a hybrid (tube and JFET) ARC pre-amp that feeds a KT-88 tube amp way off the right in this picture. Don't ask me why but I like it and the upsampling before the DAC still has an effect. Sending over USB to the DAC which does native DSD and it's own upsampling to something silly like DSD1024 then back down again. Would have liked to go fanless but that wasn't in my budget.Įarlier today I played 5 albums on the turntable, now I'm typing this looking at the monitor that is controlling Roon that is playing Qobuz' Daily Wilco Mix, that HQPlayer is upsampling to DSD128. The most recent addition was swapping in an i9 10 core mini computer to replace the under powered i5 2 core. It integrates multiple music (personal library and external streaming sources) sources seamlessly with the bonus that it integrates HQPlayer. HQPlayer's music server was a chore to use but it was the only way to use its filters. This showed the shortcomings of the few year old i5 which limited how hard I could push upsampling filters. Then came HQPlayer which was a bigger effect then expected. The personal library and Qobuz weren't integrated but it worked. It still felt like two different apps working under one GUI. Added Audirvana which consolidated my library with Qobuz but I never cared for the Audirvana GUI. Didn't like the Qobuz computer app at home and got tired of using two apps for music, Qobuz and JRiver. Next came an i5 dual core NUC to run music databases.
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Eventually the laptop was connected to the tv in the room used as a monitor. Qobuz granted accesses to music anywhere I had a digital connection so no need for that JRiver connection. Locked down my internet from being able to reach it externally for music, aka turned off that feature in JRiver, and added Qobuz.
Finally internet streaming came along but I still waited a bit for things to shake out. Moved from SPDIF from a desktop computer to USB from a laptop in the equipment rack, then to a network bridge to get away from USB. Next came a NAS and cycling through a couple DACs.
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Plus it played the Redbook or better versions at home. Using JRiver I had access to mp3 versions of my files where ever I had an internet connection. My cloud streaming source went belly up and JRiver fixed the problem as it allows external access to your files. Then added Foobar2000 for home remote access to songs throughout the house. It was a frustrating battle of forcing it not to match albums where I wanted to hear the version from my collection, like a Mofi or DCC instead of their matched track of squashed masters. It was a service that scanned your music folder and matched to a cloud that let you access an mp3 stream of either your files or their matched tracks while away from home. Also worked for audio capture.Īdded mp3 devices and itunes which then somewhere back in 2008 - 2009 I wanted to lose the mp3 device and started with something I can't remember the name. Started with a desktop computer with sound card (Audiophile2496?) SPDIF out to the DAC. All along the ride there has been a computer in the audio room. On the other hand if you recognize what those numbers represent and have never invested in a “ special blend of Crystal Formula that has been fine-tuned by ear to 0.01 grams accuracy” nor spent $50,000 for two metres of cable then perhaps your current equipment and subscription might just be sufficient.I think of it as ever evolving since I've been working at it one way or another for nearly 15 years. The audio codec on your phone is definitely able to provide a previously unheard of level of quality and your monthly investment is well spent. If you happen to have unlimited amounts of bandwidth and consider yourself an audiophile capable of discerning a copied CD from the original then you might just be interested in signing up. Your Sonos speakers will now be able to stream FLAC tracks which are advertised as 24-bit/48kHz content to those same countries on devices compatible with the Sonos S2 platform. Sonos first partnered with the high quality music service Qobuz back in 2013, which allowed Sonos to provide 16-bit FLAC streaming in several countries including the US. Tune In To Hear What All The Qobuz Is About
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