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Anyone using Jplay? Review said it was better sounding than Roon
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Posted on June 27, 2024 at 12:15:07 | ||
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https://6moons.com/audioreview_articles/jplay-app/
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RE: Anyone using Jplay? Review said it was better sounding than Roon, posted on June 29, 2024 at 08:36:40 | |
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You're still working with Windows. I see. Fidelizer... Hysolid... Jplay... Roon... Daphile... (I know -- its Linux) "...of the USB it required..." - what does that mean ?? My solution. Of course Linux. At least since 2007 we know that Linux Audio is the way to go. ;) A simple RPi5 using piCorePlayer. You can now attach a 2TB SSD (system and data) via PCie-NVME HAT. You run the Lyrion server and the client squeezelite on the same machine. You use the excellent material-skin plugin as UI. It's all free. No fees. And IMO no compromises in quality. Just a little DIY spirit. Of course you need a good 5V supply. And. You can find high quality HATs that provide all kind of IFs such as SPDIF/TOSL/I2S... All that is no rocket science. Just to mention it: Some weeks ago I went to France and we compared my own RPi5 setup to a fully tweaked (clock upgrade etc) Eversolo DMP-6 streamer. We also ran tests using attached USB DACs. The Eversolo owner ordered the RPi the next day. No kidding. Of course the standard pCP installation isn't the end of story. There's still quite some space for improvement. However. I'd be surprised if any of your Windows based solutions would be able to beat just a basic pCP setup. Good luck. |
RE: Anyone using Jplay? Review said it was better sounding than Roon, posted on June 30, 2024 at 05:27:17 | |
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You can't compare apples and oranges. "RPi vs Daphile" You can compare pCP vs Daphile and/or RPi vs X86 The RPi(5) is simply much less complex than a PC. A simple 5V supply is required. A SBC - done right - IMO beats any PC. If you run custom SW like your RME or other ProAudio stuff it's a different story of course. But. Do I need that for audio playback !?!? Many (most!?!?) streamers run a small Linux based SBCs inside btw. Now. pCP vs Daphile. pCP is the OS utilising the least amount of resources and it focusses on Lyrion/squeezelite only. Most other OSes, such as Moode, Daphile, Volumio IMO do not come close to the efficiency of PCP. I've been working for Moode for a while. In the end they want to attract all kind of users (customers) and therefore these kind of systems get bloated over time. pCP is still a pretty lean approach. However. The pCP folks are all but audiophile minded. That the system performs the way it does is related to the very efficient way of using resources - and that's the contribution of its base OS - Tiny Core Linux. In the past I also contributed this or that optimization to pCP - as long as a tweak didn't get the label "audiophile", they (Paul) was willing to accept it. I even offer(ed) a small set of tools to make pCP sing. It's still on github. (I havn't ported it to RPi5 yet - perhaps after summer) Anyhow. I do think with your rather complex DANTE and AES setup it's gonna be tricky to port such an approach. Perhaps you could/should rethink the whole setup. Just playing around with a RPi5 is no big deal on the other hand. You can btw also sync clients on Lyrion. You can also use shairport-sync (an Apple Airplay port) on RPI if you want to get video sound on your audio system - I do that via Apple TV >> RPI (Note: my TV runs as sole HDMI-display - no network - no nothing, all SW is handled via Apple TV). If you really need to SRC - it can also be done by Lyrion or squeezelite Today, with numerous real great budget audio interface offerings at hand, it's IMO worth to review any setup/chain out there. That's why my main audio system is a standalone system nowadays. For most other settings I use Bluetooth or Airplay straight from the iPhone. I really don't want numerous audio RPis and or PCs in the house. Makes life much easier. ;) |
RE: Sorry, no . . ., posted on July 4, 2024 at 07:40:50 | |
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I asked them too and they said no. ![]() |
RE: Sorry, no . . ., posted on July 4, 2024 at 13:46:11 | |
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Yeah but they say Jplay sounds better than Roon
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