Or maybe is better solution for audio iEAST Soundstream M20 https://www.ieast.net/products/soundstream/
First of all I have to say, that I don’t have Roon and the experience with it might be different.
I used to own the SotM SMS-200. I liked the USB output and got it used because of the great reviews. After using it I can not say that I share their view. The SMS-200‘s interface is very slow to use over the browser. ShAirplay works but so it does with my Raspi. The LMS drove me crazy. I hate it. After comparing the sound to a raspi in a blind test, I clearly heard the difference but I liked the Pi with the DigiBerry Pro hat much more.
Every feature the SMS has can also be provided by a raspi. I don’t think that it is worth the money.
The NP5 I bought because it supports all the prohibitory Software licenses from Google, Apple and many more. Everything works smoothly and the userexperience is great. But it reconverts all files I before playing them. I am right now not able to compare it to anything sound wise but I will keep you updated when I do
Hi,
I'd love to know if this np5 is now bit perfect. I'm concidering it too
Hi,
I'd love to know if this np5 is now bit perfect. I'm concidering it too
Well, I have a dCS network bridge in my main system. I have not compared them, maybe I should... after the firmware update...
Yeah nokia 8000 to dac via toslik at 48 PCM. nokia 8000 to dac via usb works as well even at 96 PCM (Spotify etc) out of the box. i dont know how such a device handels this. i would guess directly with alsa at that bitrate.
Android tv comes with native deezer, tidal, spotify app. qobuz is missing. for bandcamp and soundcloud i just cast to chromecast receiver.
With netflix a have a strange behaviour with usb audio. Some movies work with usb audio others dont. Error message would be tvq-pb-101 (5.2.5).
With toslink everything is fine at 48 PCM. Maybe 96 PCM isnt supported by netflix? When i plug out the usb cable no error message.
Hello, thanks for the info on the Nokia 8000. Do you know if it resamples all audio to 48 kHz for the optical out? For example the Apple TV does exactly this. Is it possible to output audio in the same sampling frequency as the original file, for example 44.1 kHz (CD quality) or 96 kHz (hi-res)? Have you tried to cast audio files (CD or hi-res) to the Nokia box using Chromecast? If you can get bitperfect audio out via SPDIF/USB/HDMI, it would be very interesting to use as a pure music streamer with Chromecast to an external DAC. Many thanks in advance for your help.
Hi again, thanks a lot for your quick reply. In the case of Tidal, I would like to remote control the Tidal app in the box from the Tidal app on my phone. using Tidal Connect. However, it seems this is not possible:Since this is an android device i think it is possible to play files in its original sampling rate. Therefore you have to install an app like hiby music which communicates directly via alsa. So if you can install any apk file that should work.
Unfortunatly i decided to go with Spotify as my main service. Tidal is preinstalled and shoud work fine with tidal connect. Deezer is also preinstalled.
Kodi is preinstalled as well. With kodi you can install different addons like Qobuz, Bandcamp etc.
Thanks for the update. A test using Chromecast and whether the sampling frequency remains the same (as the source file) would be much appreciated. Danke im Voraus.Spotify has this behaviour. I can control the box with my phone and chose a protocoll of choice. Maybe i could give it a try at the weekend.
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