Hi-Def Audio 24bit 96 khz Playback - How to achieve it?
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More seriously, thank you to each and every one of you for helping guide me through this sticky labyrinth. You're great guys and I sincerely appreciate you sharing your knowledge & experience with me. Cheers!
Rocketman.Rocketman
Rocketman, Rocketman2 and now Rocketman3 too.
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A cheaper solution still?
A footnote:
I might have cracked another way around this problem that will only cost a couple of quid! (that's about three dollars currently I think!).
I have a Samsung 'smart' TV right next to my hi-fi. It can 'see' the LMS server over it's wired network connection. The TV has an audio optical out. See where I'm going with this?
If (big huge IF) the LMS sees my Samsung TV and has any sort of understanding of it, then maybe (?) it will send my 24/96 recordings straight to it unmolested/un-downsampled, for me to take the Toslink feed from the TV to the DACMagic. If so, then I can get my hi-def music to play for the price of a 2 meter long Toslink cable - the £2 I mentioned before.
I will report back on how I get on with this undertaking. If the LMS decides to downsample to the TV I can always use the Toslink cable to make a primitive noose and try to hang myself with it. No - that's not the attitude: I have faith!
Cheers
RM.Rocketman
Rocketman, Rocketman2 and now Rocketman3 too.
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And as DLNA it will not likely be gapless.Home: Pi4B-8GB/pCP8.2.x/4TB USB>LMS 8.5.x>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet)
Cottage: rPi4B-4GB/pCP8.2.x/4TB USB>LMS 8.5.x>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (Radio WIFI)
Office: Win11(64)>foobar2000
The Wild: rPi3B+/pCP7.x/4TB USB>LMS 8.1.x>hifiberry Dac+Pro (LMS & Squeezelite)
Controllers: Material Skin, iPhone14Pro & iPadAir5 (iPeng), or CONTROLLER
Files: Ripping: dBpoweramp > FLAC; Post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes, TuneFusion; Streaming: SpotifyComment
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You were right. The Samsung Smart TV (which cost £2k) cannot deal with sampling rates above 48Mhz. Incidentally, a bug in the FLAC codec implementation means it cuts off dead the last 10 seconds of every song. That's what I call attention to detail - NOT. Samsung do have the best TV pictures IMHO which is why I'd buy them after all, but all the software in them is s**t.
A last desperate question: if (big IF) I go the Raspberry Pi route, do I need to start with a Pi 3 or will an earlier version work as well? Also, what sort of external memory card capacity will I need to create my Duet receiver lookalike? I suppose really I'm asking if there are any guides anywhere on how to do this Pi work?
CheersRocketman
Rocketman, Rocketman2 and now Rocketman3 too.
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A last desperate question: if (big IF) I go the Raspberry Pi route, do I need to start with a Pi 3 or will an earlier version work as well? Also, what sort of external memory card capacity will I need to create my Duet receiver lookalike? I suppose really I'm asking if there are any guides anywhere on how to do this Pi work?"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953Comment
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Last edited by Apesbrain; 2017-09-13, 14:59.Comment
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Oh sure, after I spend 3 days scouring the Pi Forums and searching Amazon, NOW you repost this after I placed my order 3 days ago. Parts came to the door last night. Now, which OS to use?iPhone
Media Room:
ModWright Platinum Signature Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Wood Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1, Vandersteen V2W Subwoofer
Living Room:
Transporter, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1
Office: Touch with Vandersteen VSM-1s
Kitchen: Touch in-wall mount w/ Thiel Powerpoint 1.2s
Bedroom: Squeezebox BOOM
Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio
Around the House: SliMP3, SB1, SB2, SB3
Ford Thunderbird: SB Touch, USB drive
Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB driveComment
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Lost reply
Hi
I swear I replied here once but it seems to have been vanished.
Just to follow up - the Samsung does indeed downgrade to 48Mhz, so I'm thoroughly snookered there. In search of a silver lining, at least I can get digital audio quality from my TV now
Cheers!Rocketman
Rocketman, Rocketman2 and now Rocketman3 too.
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Use the small pizero w to try
You can even by a cheap zero dac if you want to hear the music, or even a cheap USB dac (these little USB plug audio devices about 2.99 on http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-Headse...4AAOSwGzxZfH~y)
Down load picoreplayer to sd card, load on pizero w, use a USB hub with Ethernet to connect to micro c port and gain access to picoreplayer to setup wifi.
Doing this allows you to use 5yr olds instead...........Comment
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Thanks for the advice, I will look into it.
I already have a backup Touch in storage but I will probably try out the Rasp Pi or your suggestion.
(I already have a decent DAC so I would just need the S/PDIF out.)Allo Digione Signature (+LiFePo Batteries), Touch, Metrum Jade, Bryston B4 SST2, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubuntu, PC/Windows 10, iPad 4, iPeng.Comment
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