What do members of diyAudio use as music players?

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mikeAtx

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NareshBrd said:
Get a Rpi first, seem to be in short supply.
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No kidding. I've been looking for one for 6 months. First it was just the zeroes you couldn't get. Now it is everything. From what I hear, they are producing 500K/mo, and 4's are slightly more available, but for hobbyists, 1 year+ wait is expected. I have a few 3's in use and hope none go bad before this supply issue is over.
 
twocents

twocents

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batty said:
I have a 3rd gen i7 laptop with 1Tb SSD running windows, the player is VLC or Foobar2000 and Spotify. I use USB out into my DAC.
I have 2 SB Touch, one in the shed, the other connected to the main system for my wife to access internet radio.
I do have a Pi 3 somewhere, not used it in ages, it has volumio installed.
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Hi batty, I know this is OT but do you use EQ? I just want to know if it is possible to EQ (or parametric EQ) when you use USB out into a DAC? From what I understand is the windows software can EQ the soundcard, but can it also EQ the USB out?
 
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billshurv

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There are many, but RPi is so cheap for a unit with HDMI out. There is a rumour that the original RPi came about because Roku changed the chip they were using for streaming boxes and Broadcomm had a factory churning out SoCs that didn't have a market. How true I don't know...
 
kazap

kazap

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twocents said:
I just want to know if it is possible to EQ (or parametric EQ) when you use USB out into a DAC?
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In Windows there are two ways to go:

1. Fix Windows audio and use Equalizer APO

2.Bypass Windows using a player. EQ within a player and send the stream out via WASAPI eg Foobar allows you to use 31 band graphics EQ, or parametric EQ: https://mathaudio.com/download.htm, or the multitude of high quality VST EQ's:
Download Foobar
Add foo_vst as a component in foobar ("file"->"preference"->"component").
After restart of foobar that should give you a VST setting below "components", that's where you will add the VST 32bit version (no VST3) of the EQ of your choice.
Googling free parametric EQ should give you plenty to try, and of course many more EQs are sold.

After you've added that EQ in foobar, go under "file"->"preference"->"Playback"->"DSP Manager". You should see your EQ on the right and clicking on the + or a double click on the name, will bring it to the left in the "Active DSPs" where you can set it up with the three little dots next to the name. Or later you can just at anytime go find that EQ with "View"->"DSP"->"whatever it's called".
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Anything used within foobar will be processed before going out to USB and DAC,
set foobar to wasapi
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indianajo

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BIC 940 turntable Shure M97EraIV cartridge into Herald Electronics RA-88a disco mixer. Mixer hotrodded to eliminate -40 db hiss & hum. 33078 op amps instead of 4558, 110 vac removal from mixer chassis. Other inputs to mixer a FM stereo clock radio, an RCA portable CD player from the 1980's. Can temporarily run a 12 m 1/8" phone plug cable to mixer from Dell PC in computer room if I want to run speaker test software audacity or REW. Peavey M-2600 amp powers Peavey SP2(2004) speakers.
If want to listen to streaming internet source, 6' 1/8" phone plug cable from Dell PC earphone jack to Peavey MMA-875t mono mixer amp to $3 (recycled) 3way speaker. Other input to MMA-875t mixer amp, toslink converter from flat screen 30" HDTV. WUOL-FM Wednesday Extra Eclectic & Sunday Baroque 4 hour program slots are unbearable. View $3 speaker as appropriate for MP3 sources streamed over the internet. MP3, the cassette player of the Oh-Ohs. MMA-875t has a mute switch input to kill sound in TV commercials.
 
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Samuel Jayaraj

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Streamer - Raspberry Pi 4B, 8 GB, in an Argon 2 case. Powered by Allo Shanti LPSU. Software - Volumio & Bubble UPnP. Lossless music files stored on local HDD. Internet Radio, YouTube, etc.

CD Player - Marantz CD5004.

USB Cable - Monolith USB Digital Audio Cable - USB A to USB B

DAC - Topping E50. Topping D50s with Burson Audio Classic V6 Opamp. Powered by Allo Shanti LPSU.

Volume Control through Volumio.

Amplifier - Clone of Pass First Watt M2. SissySIT (not tried THF-51S SITs yet, using Mosfet Ouputs as of now).

Speakers - Fostex FE168ESigmas and Fountek Neo CD3.5H Ribbons in MLTQWT. Silver Flute W17RC38-04 and HiVi Silk Dome Tweeters in MLTQWT.

Interconnects and Speaker Cables - Silver plated Copper, Litz, Geometric construction.

Sound - GLORIOUS!!!
 
luigiman

luigiman

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Joined 2019
I play my music on this

Sorry, OT. Actually my system is very basic: cheap and cheerful BT 5.0 Aptx HD receiver with Toslink out, CA One+ or Denon M40, still can't decide if the digital run to the Denon makes up for the drop in over all quality from the Cambridge Audio, but either one depending on my mood driving some TABAQs with FaitalPro 3FE25s and a very basic ported sub. Purists cover your eyes, but I use lamp cord for speaker wire. Sounds great....
 
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disso

disso

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I just play FLAC via my pc using foobar 2000. I have all my music stored on a nas. I do find the concept of a dedicated music streamer based on rpi intriguing so i might build one in the future, won't have to turn my pc on every time i want to listen to (digital) music. i don't use any streaming services apart from my own (jellyfin).

DAC: Khadas Tone Board
TT: Thorens TD320 with AT VM95SH Cartridge and a D. Klimo Merlin clone as preamp
Amp: DIY EL34 SET
Speakers: DIY PA/Power Hifi with Faital 10FH500 and BMS4550
 
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