Hi @Eliad
Are you using a Raspberry pi of USB input to your streamer? At what software are you using tidal connect?
There is a workaround using Tidal in Volumio without paying a subscription. This is done by using a bubbleUPnP server running in the background but this is also limited to 44. kHz…
Are you using a Raspberry pi of USB input to your streamer? At what software are you using tidal connect?
There is a workaround using Tidal in Volumio without paying a subscription. This is done by using a bubbleUPnP server running in the background but this is also limited to 44. kHz…
I have been using HifiberryOS for OS and then there is a hack which enables to install Tidal Connect. I use FIFOPQ7 and TransportPiAES(no USB) and It worked fine until recently when I noticed I am restricted to 44.1 resolution for Tidal. PicoPlayer is also restricted to 44.1 for Tidal but Qobuz works fine in PicoPlayer. I guess I am cancelling Tidal and move to Qobuz.
I found a better way to play through PicoPlayer and access the LMS server. If you install Material Skin in the LMS server then from your phone you can access the LMS server in a phone friendly interface. You can also control volume. I think this is my solution to stream using RPI and use IanCanada FIFOPQ7 and TransportPiAES. For DAC i have Yamamoto with tube output. Sounds great.
Well I'm really regretting this now. This time it is not my fault. I just got the Station Pi SMT along with a brand new Q7, I also have the UcPi and I was waiting on some parts for the Station Pi which I got today. I decided to take the UCPi stack apart and start putting together the Station SMT. I check to make sure everything was connected correctly, I wired the UCPi from the terminal post to the Station Pi, and then wired the 3.3v on the Q7. The terminal post on the Q7 and on the Station Pi are opposite. So I wired the Q7 exactly the same orientation as the SMT. You can clearly see the post marked on the SMT, but the post covers it up on the Q7...and just check for continuity on the 3.3 on the Q7 and I got nothing, it was working for a day...I guess I'll email Ian and see if he's willing to do anything, if not I think i am done with this, which really really sucks because I just sold my Bluesound Node, and I am really regretting this now! I had to look at the bottom of the Q7 before I realized what I had done.
Well OK. After a pretty crappy sleepless night I thought "maybe I should at least try to hook up the UCPure correctly and see what happens. I blew two fuses, but they did blow, so just for the heck of it I put another new fuse in it and hooked it up correctly, and low and behold...it's not fried. For some reason that terminal does not read continuity, but I just powered it up and played a song...and it's working. I am so relieved. But I think I'm gonna get a red paint marker and mark with a red dot all the positive terminals.
As a matter of course, I mark all power terminal blocks (Phoenix Connectors) with a red sharpie. It helps keep me from getting confused. I also mark all LinearPis with their set voltage on the top and edge so there's no mistaking the voltage I'm using it for.
Very good idea. I'm gonna pick up a red paint pen if I can find one. Sharpies are OK, but I like the paint pens. But if I can't find a red one, I'll get a sharpie like you mentioned. Thank you. I just have to say once again how relieved I am. I was really getting into this, and I was getting pretty excited, only to have all my expectations destroyed, or so I thought. Fortunately as it turns out my dejection lasted less than 12 hours...
Does anybody know if a rpi5 could be installed at a stationpi pro.
Trying to find the thread but can;t find it.
Thanks
Trying to find the thread but can;t find it.
Thanks
Here's one example.
Another standard I try to follow is, using red and black wire for 5.0V, and blue and black wires for 3.2V. I know at a glance what voltage I'm working with. But then again, I'm more anal than most people.😉
I like that idea a lot too. As I get older I have become more and more anal over time. I get tired of looking for stuff, and or forgetting where something is or what I am doing, so I have actually gotten more organized. I find myself, trying to figure out how I can be more efficient. I own my own business too, so that's a big part of it. Thanks for the pic above I'm stealing that! Although I guess I already said I was gonna be doing something very similar, but as my Mom always used to say, "great minds think alike." The best minds collaborate as well, so your contribution is very much appreciated!!!!! 😉
I just received an upgrade to my IanCanada Streamer. PurePi/RaspberryPI 3B/FifoPIMA 1.5/MonotorPi/HDMIPi MkII in the Form of MonitorPi Pro / Fifopi Q7II / HDMI Pro.
Upgrade worked like a charm. No Problems, everything wired and connected as before.
Nice to be able to configure the Fifopi form tge MonitorPi Pro.
Only caveat is, that the HDMI connector switched from back of the stack to lleft side, which is less convenient for me, but no actual problem.
SQ seems at first listen better, needs some burn-in. The old stack also benefitted from a couple of moinths of heavy usage.
Martin
Upgrade worked like a charm. No Problems, everything wired and connected as before.
Nice to be able to configure the Fifopi form tge MonitorPi Pro.
Only caveat is, that the HDMI connector switched from back of the stack to lleft side, which is less convenient for me, but no actual problem.
SQ seems at first listen better, needs some burn-in. The old stack also benefitted from a couple of moinths of heavy usage.
Martin
For those who haven't seen yet - https://iancanada.ca/products/linearpi-pro-high-current-ultra-low-noise-linear-power-supply-full-smt
A new product.
A new product.
I added an old Q2 ultimate reclocker to a ProtoDac with accusilicon clocks.
sounds very nice.
I installed everything in an old Nad tuner, including the copper front with frame for a 4.3 inch screen that I made myself.
I have given the existing buttons a function, including a rotary encoder and infrared.
I was able to reuse certain electronic parts of the NAD.
sounds very nice.
I installed everything in an old Nad tuner, including the copper front with frame for a 4.3 inch screen that I made myself.
I have given the existing buttons a function, including a rotary encoder and infrared.
I was able to reuse certain electronic parts of the NAD.
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Nice. I saw this in one of you Youtube videos, and I noticed the Audyn caps but wasn't sure because I couldn't quite read it. I have Audyn True Copper ca[ps on my tweeters in my Elsinores...and they are awesome...what are those black ones though, never seen them?
I have a digital streamer to feed my Hypex fusion amps.
Rpi>fifopiQ3>Transporterpi aes.
Works like a charm, but i would like to drive some headphones as well sometimes.
Is it possible to extend the stack i have with a dac module and the IVSTD MKII Output stage module to drive headphones?
Rpi>fifopiQ3>Transporterpi aes.
Works like a charm, but i would like to drive some headphones as well sometimes.
Is it possible to extend the stack i have with a dac module and the IVSTD MKII Output stage module to drive headphones?