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WEBCambridge Audio MXN10 video review. What’s Best? (Part 2) What’s Best? (Part 1) GoldenEar T66 video review. This is THE BEST WiiM Ultra review. Podcast #57 – Do they suck or do they blow? (+ Rotel, Pro-Ject, LAiV)
Raspberry Pi audio streaming 101 - Darko.Audio
WEBJan 30, 2020 · Raspberry Pi audio streaming 101. by John Darko January 30, 2020, 14:14. IT 101. An Apple Macbook or Windows-based PC is made up of two fundamentals: the hardware; and the software that runs on the hardware. We can see the hardware if we pop the lid and take a peek inside: the CPU, the RAM, the storage (SSD or HDD) and the inputs/outputs (I/O).
The best way to stream hi-res audio from Apple Music
WEBJun 10, 2021 · The best way is the only way. In my previous post on hi-res audio on Apple Music, I detailed how Apple’s ‘hi-res lossless’ content – 24bit/96kHz or 24bit/192kHz streams – are often downsampled or resampled by the playback hardware, often unbeknownst to the end-user and thus negating the benefits of streaming a hi-res file. To recap briefly: AirPlay and Apple TV OS are limited to ...
Innuos ZEN Mini MK3 w/ LPSU review - Darko.Audio
WEBNov 7, 2019 · The Zen Mini MK3 starts at US$1249 equipped with 1TB worth of onboard storage, with more storage (up to 8TB) available for an additional cost. Measuring just 8.4 inches wide, 9.5 inches deep, and under 3 inches tall, the smallest (and most Kallax-Fi friendly) Innuos server is not much larger than the other Mini.
How to enable aptX (HD) Bluetooth audio on your iPhone, iPad?
WEBDec 27, 2017 · At time of writing, the short answer is: you can’t. And not only because iOS gives us no way to tell which audio codec is being used to bridge smart device and Bluetooth headphone but because Apple elected not to include aptX (HD) in its iOS devices (despite putting it in Macbooks and iMacs). aptX must be present in both headphone and ...
Second opinion: Cambridge DacMagic 200M - Darko.Audio
WEBJun 22, 2021 · The Cambridge Audio DacMagic 200M is feature-rich, checking most boxes on today’s DAC to-do list: MQA, PCM resolutions up to 32-bit/768kHz (!), DSD256, Bluetooth (AptX), plus balanced and unbalanced outputs; a headphone output adds the final check. And the DacMagic 200M stuffs all of this stuff …
The McIntosh MHA150 is more than meets the eye - Darko.Audio
WEBSep 16, 2019 · McIntosh Labs is, by all accounts, an iconic audio firm. Throughout their 70 years of operation, McIntosh gear has been reviewed countless times and their history thoroughly documented in a number of places – see former employee Roger Russell’s meticulous website coverage for a definitive take on the subject.. I grew up listening to a MAC1700 receiver (from the late 1960s).
10 more thoughts on Roon ROCK + Intel NUC - Darko.Audio
WEBFeb 16, 2021 · 10 more thoughts on Roon ROCK + Intel NUC. This post is a ten-point follow-up to the short film about Roon ROCK. 1. ROCK is a small, headless Linux operating system (OS) that puts Roon on an Intel NUC, but not all NUCs support ROCK. Roon Labs has published a list of supported devices here. Dual-booting ROCK is not permitted.
5 more thoughts on the Pi-Squeeze server/streamer | Darko.Audio
WEBJul 11, 2020 · We’ve already established that a Raspberry Pi running PiCorePlayer can take on the role of both a Squeezebox server and streamer to send content stored on a directly-attached USB drive to itself and then out to a DAC. We know that Logitech Media Server integrates Tidal (albeit clumsily), Qobuz, Spotify, Deezer and Pandora. We know that all streams are handled gaplessly, even when VPN ...
EXPERT opinion: Bruno Putzeys (Purifi, Hypex, Kii, Mola Mola)
WEBJul 27, 2020 · EXPERT opinion: Bruno Putzeys (Purifi, Hypex, Kii, Mola Mola) by John Darko July 27, 2020, 14:24. Eigentakt — German for self-pulsing and the name lent by co-developers Lars Risbo and Bruno Putzeys to the self-oscillating Class D amplifier technology slowly emerging from under their Purifi umbrella that also includes, among others, Peter ...