![]() The price was right at free, however the complexity in just getting things setup was absurd on Windows 7, and so when my work machine was updated to Windows 10 I kissed Foobar2k goodbye, probably forever although I am at least curious about their somewhat newer macOS and Linux versions. ![]() ![]() The only one of these programs that just drove me crazy was Foobar2k (hence I never recommend it) and I prevailed there too but not without many hours of fighting it, too damn many. With JRiver, you get a little closer to Roon-like because there is a pretty good GUI, but the Id Pi version I have running on Raspberry Pi cost me $39, another absolute no-brainer in terms of what you are actually getting for that cost, even if their support is rude and lacking, at that price I'll figure out software myself (and I did). Other than their famously rude and annoying non-support via their forum, I've been nothing shy of thrilled with JRiver, and there are some very helpful people on their forum, if not JRiver themselves. I could have stuck with AssetUPnP that entire time too, but after about 2 years I bought a JRiver Master License so that I could run the same program on my Mac and Linux machines at home, as well on Windows at work, where I require the GUI and only use it as a desktop client and not a server. You absolutely can't go wrong at those kinds of prices, even if you'll not get a Roon-like UI or overall experience, but at that spend it doesn't really matter, these programs can at least buy time even if someday a move to Roon is in the cards.įor me personally, it's bought 6 or so years, when I made the switch from iTunes and AirPlay as my server/streamer arrangement. I personally paid $10 for Asset, on some special offer as a previous buyer of dBPoweramp. The same developer offers dBPoweramp, another good program. That would not be Roon, nor Audirvana either.Īsset, Minim, and JRiver all fit that bill, and are in very wide use on the Raspberry Pi hardware, though certainly many years ago that might not have been the case when you made the move to Roon.Īsset is $37 and you get 5 licenses for that, any and all Windows, macOS, Linux (including Raspberry Pi) machines can run it, and it does work well. Really I just use the JRemote control point app to browse and play music from the server, or for that matter BubbleUPnP and mconnect also both work very well with JRiver as server, while adding Qobuz (or TIDAL) access to the picture.īut the OP's thread topic/question here was quite specific, it's asking which DLNA/UPnP media server is recommended for hi-rez and specifically DSD compatibility, and can run on a NAS or Raspberry Pi. I didn't really have gripes with Asset, it ran just fine for me as a headless server, but in the end I decided to go with the Raspberry Pi version of JRiver and it offers the choice of headless or GUI, I opt for the GUI even though typically barely ever look at it. When setting up in Ifi.local is there anything else I need to do apart from connect to the wifi? Is there some MQA setting I have missed?Īpart from the crackle the overall combination of the ZS and the micro IDSD is very good indeed.Click to expand.Both MinimServer and AssetUPnP have supported DSD for a very long time now, though in the case of Asset only the paid or "Premium" version. It really does sound like a digital artifact that I am hearing, not a mechanical one or loose cable etc. So it points to the Zen Stream compatibility or settings. Have reasonably eliminated all external device issues i.e changed digitalĬoax cable, changed DAC/Amp (no battery this time), changed headphone cable, changed headphones, still persists and wait…was given a replacement Zen Stream and same issue. Note 3: The LUMIN app preloads the browse tree from the server and presents its own custom view of the library. It is the kind of sound that you often hear when the battery on your audio device is getting low. Note 2: BubbleUPnP, BubbleDS, foobar2000 and Asset Control have a design limitation that makes the Hide Contents setting persist until the MinimServer library is reloaded. ie the crackle is not much affected by volume and seems to ride with the beat of the music. Issue: Upon playback of a Tidal master track there is a distinct regular crackle/squelch in the higher musical frequencies (somewhere around cymbal frequency) which seems to persist at same level even when volume is low. My Ifi Zen stream rig sounds really good except there is an annoying issue which I cannot solve. I use it on a Windows PC where I have my files stored (and the PC has Web access, so I can also get to streams). ![]() That is probably why Apebrain recommended Minimserver as your server program. It is a sort of placeholder that helps BubbleUPnP proper. Click to expand.Hi there, I am wondering if that new firmware will help with this? The BubbleUPnP Server is not a real server.
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