Triplefun,
I think it an overkill, Totally underutilised the CPU. I am running mine with a Celeron CPU perfectly fine. If you want something faster get a second-hand laptop or desktop or fanless PC, comes with 3 or 4th generation i5(must be low powered ie T version), plenty of processing power already and saves you heaps.
A fanless PC would be an advantage, my Celeron is fanless 'brick' PC I bought from a company in China, maybe you don't' want to buy Chinese goods now. FYI Chinese goods from ALiexpress are getting expensive esp. Intel-based new PC's. It's up to you.
Good luck. I am enjoying my Daphile Celeron PC now with newly designed speakers.
I think it an overkill, Totally underutilised the CPU. I am running mine with a Celeron CPU perfectly fine. If you want something faster get a second-hand laptop or desktop or fanless PC, comes with 3 or 4th generation i5(must be low powered ie T version), plenty of processing power already and saves you heaps.
A fanless PC would be an advantage, my Celeron is fanless 'brick' PC I bought from a company in China, maybe you don't' want to buy Chinese goods now. FYI Chinese goods from ALiexpress are getting expensive esp. Intel-based new PC's. It's up to you.
Good luck. I am enjoying my Daphile Celeron PC now with newly designed speakers.
Thanks but you obviously have not tried PCM to DSD upsampling in realtime. It works great with daphile. For more details I suggest you look at some of the hqplayer threads and the troubles they are experiencing with some of the more complex filters. The ryzen ipc increase would appear to be a definite win and I am looking forward to seeing the feedback.
Delta sigma DACS such as those from ESS and akm internally upsample pcm streams to an internal DSD format prior to the analoge conversion.DSD streams are processed directly. The argument for computer based upsampling is increased flexibility and reduced strain on the dac. The daphile sox DSD upsampling is well regarded. Hqplayer offers even more options but is expensive. It is estimated that the highest quality hqplayer DSD512 upsampling requires a cpu with a single thread frequency of 7ghz which is beyond today's processors. The latest amd ryzen processors go some way in realising this requirement.
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But it only does dsd256 which is not all that difficult. Note I am well aware of the Chinese offerings and have made extensive use of devices from Gustard, SMSL and topping. Also see the t&a dsd1024 upsampling dac for us$25,000 T+A new flagship streaming dsd1024 dac - DAC - Digital to Analog Conversion - Audiophile Style
In the later versions of Daphile the minimum disk size for system + music is 2 Tb. It wont install in a 1Tb disk.
(I think perhaps you meant to post GB but your keyboard said otherwise.)I have the Allo USBridge Sig (not the signature player)
USBridge Sig - Ultra low noise RPI
I want to see how it sounds before I consider stepping into something like the ultraRendu or similar.
I really like Daphile, but when fed directly into my DAC, it can have unwanted distortion when I forget to unplug certain devices.
In the big picture, I am focused on improving the entire transport chain from server to DAC, and I am trying to narrow down where to start and what to focus on.
Thanks,
-Josh
That was the way I did some day before (-9dB)! It works.
Now I set -10dB
Thank you so much!
Configure Daphile as the LMS File Server and MoOde on the USBridge Sig as the squeezelite player.
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I really appreciate you taking the time to add some screen shots as well as answering.
I'll give it a try in a few days once I get done putting my amp together, and can move on to the next part of the journey...
-Josh