Recent content by Steven

I thought I'd give it a try as I did try and use the uPnP function fairly soon after Sense was launched a few years ago by switching it on in the back-end. It did not work well at all and I went back to using Roon and Groups. I'm using Zuma Lumisonic in multiple rooms. So I'm both on a laptop...

I started streaming with a Linn DS in 2010 and they took the decision that, for audio quality, the music source had to be from a network driver and not a usb-connected drive. Their streamer/DACs only had a ethernet input. Innuos have the same approach. That was before online streaming, so I got...

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The important stuff! A central managed switch (Unifi USW-24 PoE: the big rectangular box) and a network controller (Unifi UXG-Lite: the mini little white box) to create a VLAN for the hifi. Two other devices on the hifi VLAN: a Mac Mini running HQ Player and Roon Server and a Buffalo network...

Mac Mini M1 (via network over fibre) > Pulsar > Holo May L2 Using Pulsar in HQ Player endpoint mode, all data sent as DSD256.

I was listening to Nuno's video with Mr Serinus on how you optimise things. I've liked Sense from the day it was launched. I'm not anti-Roon (I have lifetime) as I tend to listen to whole albums from artists I know or read about in print and online media. I've been using HQ Player for the last...

I signed up here after calling support about this endpoint option. Using a new Pulsar soon after launch, I tried both Sense and Roon endpoints using a Zen Mk3, then went to Sense standalone. I do like the Sense front end a lot. I have a Roon lifetime subscription as the rest of the house (8...

Did you make up your mind on this? I've used wifi a lot, some companies like Devialet and Auralic recommend it, and I currently have 25 audio systems running at 24/192 PCM over wifi. Ethernet is digital packet data and ethernet cables have international standards of compliance. It is an...

Pulsar into Holo May L2 in standalone mode. Both optimised around usb. The Holo May does like DSD, so I'm teetering on the edge of buying a Mac Mini to send everything to the Pulsar using the HQPlayer endpoint mode. Should I ... shouldn't I? Previously had a Zen Mk3 and did use both for a...