USB DAC Selection

[riotubes]

Soundcheck: a couple of questions

a. which Linux OS do you use? Is there a Linux OS you would recommend for someone new to Linux for dedicated music server?

b. which music library s/w and ripping s/w works best with Linux? How user friendly?

c. regarding ssrc offline, is this a process that the user has to initiate? is it seamless quick, etc.?

As these Qs are pretty basic, can someone point me to a Linux thread that covers these basic topics.

I have Doede's usb-i2s board with Tent (en route) and will be plugging it into a tda1541 NOS Dac.

[audioengr]

Originally posted by soundcheck


Steve. Are there more infos available on your pace-car? What's that supposed to be?

Just what I have posted on my audiocircle.com forum so far.

It is I2S input and I2S output, capable of 16/44.1 and 24/96 throughput. Superclock4 clocks the output. Buffers the data and reclocks it out of a FIFO. Tunes itself to the incoming clock.

Price will be between $1500 and 2000 depending on options and whether there are two superclocks inside or one.

Steve N.

[soundcheck]

Originally posted by riotubes
Soundcheck: a couple of questions

a. which Linux OS do you use? Is there a Linux OS you would recommend for someone new to Linux for dedicated music server?

b. which music library s/w and ripping s/w works best with Linux? How user friendly?

c. regarding ssrc offline, is this a process that the user has to initiate? is it seamless quick, etc.?

As these Qs are pretty basic, can someone point me to a Linux thread that covers these basic topics.

I have Doede's usb-i2s board with Tent (en route) and will be plugging it into a tda1541 NOS Dac.

a.
Currently I am running Xubuntu ( the leanest and fastest Ubuntu variant) with realtime-kernel.
I think Ubuntu is the best distribution to get yourself into the subject.

b.
For ripping CDs, I am still using EAC under Windows.
Both systems Windows and Linux can stay on the same harddisk without any problems. You can use the best out of two worlds.

amarok and Mplayer are state of the art media-players under Linux.

I am using ecasound to get the best sound out of Linux. It's not
a player - it is an audio-processor.

c.
ssrc is a commandline tool. You can run it like this:
-----
ssrc_hp --rate 48000 --bits 16 source.wav target.wav
----
That's it.

I wrote myself a batchconverter under Linux to speed
things up. To do it file after file is not really funny.

There are also ssrc.exe binaries for Windows available. I tried them out today. They are working exactly the same way as its Linux pendant.

The Linux Audio thread I started here:
Linux Audio the way to go!?

Cheers

[soundcheck]

Originally posted by audioengr


Just what I have posted on my audiocircle.com forum so far.

It is I2S input and I2S output, capable of 16/44.1 and 24/96 throughput. Superclock4 clocks the output. Buffers the data and reclocks it out of a FIFO. Tunes itself to the incoming clock.

Price will be between $1500 and 2000 depending on options and whether there are two superclocks inside or one.

Steve N.

Sounds like a pretty unique solution. Almost the whole "DAC" world is looking after such a device.

Pricewise you're approaching af course a different league compared to other modules around such as the 700$ for a
Lynx Two.

Cheers.