…Shame about the price of this device in comparison, and the reviews are not looking good, but this is a niche that should be filled.
Did you find any review with measurements?
All I've seen are tech reviewers and copy/paste of the press release.
…Shame about the price of this device in comparison, and the reviews are not looking good, but this is a niche that should be filled.
Seems like Belkin sent freebies to all of the Apple news sites. We probably won't see analog or digital measurements until someone sends one in for review or takes them on their own.Did you find any review with measurements?
All I've seen are tech reviewers and copy/paste of the press release.
I must have about 6 different (v4/v5) BT capable devices (not including smartphones). I am yet to try any of these devices because it seems like extolling the virtues of the pig's lipstick color. But I had to look up "SBC" in wikipedia:... SBC is better and LDAC is the best but still, they produce content specific distortions that just can't be characterized broadly.
Is there a device of comparable function, that is, receives wi-fi and outputs digital, which provides noticeably better quality sound -- within twice the price of the B-Fi?
Raspberry PI + s/pdif hat? Near $100 total. Additionally it can act like a streamer.
https://polyvection.com/en/product/digi32/I have a B-Fi in the signal path. I also have a JDS Lab Atom DAC, so I can have it receive Toslink from the B-Fi and send line output into the amplifier, or I can use the B-Fi line output directly. The JDS DAC sounds slightly better to me.
That leaves Amir's report about the digital signal going through the B-Fi. I mostly feed 16 bit / 44 KHz to the B-Fi. All I can say is that I like the sound my system produces.
Is there a device of comparable function, that is, receives wi-fi and outputs digital, which provides noticeably better quality sound -- within twice the price of the B-Fi?
Is there a device of comparable function, that is, receives wi-fi and outputs digital, which provides noticeably better quality sound -- within twice the price of the B-Fi?
I am using this B-Fi with analog out to stream Apple Music from my laptop or iphone. This was the streaming solution suggested to me by ASR members. It sounds perfectly fine to me. I don't care about artifacts that are 80dB down, that's plenty close enough to perfection for me.
That's funny even if not intentional. Like 'Bass Ackwards'......I didn't think any vendor screw would up a digital conversion...
That's funny even if not intentional. Like 'Bass Ackwards'...
I appreciate the suggestion, but do a search on raspberry pi wifi bubbleupnp and you quickly see that it would take a lot if time to learn, set up, and then keep running a solution like this.
Are there any measurement of AirPort Express? Also, we haven’t yet seen the measurements of the new. Belkin device.Apple’s discontinued but widely available AirPort Express will give you better AirPlay over wifi or cat6, and Toslink+analog outputs.
Belkin has been kindly sent in by a member for review....Also, we haven’t yet seen the measurements of the new. Belkin device.
Excellent! Thanking you in anticipation.Belkin has been kindly sent in by a member for review....
Huh? Apple provides extensive detail on every aspect of Airplay.There seems to have been alot of Apple created confusion by failing to give specifics on Airplay's capabilities and resolution. Some claim it maxes out at 16 bit/44.1khz, but others report it is capable of 24bit/48khz, just as the converters in most of Apple's devices max out at 24/48khz and TV OS maxes out at 24bit/48khz. https://darko.audio/2021/06/the-best-way-to-stream-hi-res-audio-from-apple-music/
You can connect it to your hi-fi system and stream to it using your phone or tablet as a remote. And don't need an ethernet cable. Like Chromecast Audio, but inferior performance. I guess that's all there's to it.