Also I seem to recall that Rob Watts thinks Dave is better driven by USB - with a lot of effort expended in rejection of ground plane modulation. The potential problem - I don’t know how real, as very little music has highe resolution - is that my understanding is that SPDIF is limited to24/192. Running upmpdcli on the same RPi makes it a simple and straightforward server + renderer + storage solution with support for Tidal and Qobuz gapless replay and internet radio. Sure, unless you are interested in the way of interacting with your music collection that is the trademark of Roon, there is no point in running an expensive server that requires a rather powerful computer.Īnd if you are also not interested in upsampling, a Raspberry Pi running MinimServer is probably all you need. The cost of Roon was putting me off it, but it looks like Roon is not really required. Thanks, that's very encouraging for the Allo Digione signature. Upmpdcli also gives you access to internet radio, Qobuz, Tidal, etc. If you run MinimServer (or any other UPnP server) and upmpdcli on the RPi that hosts the DigiOne (Signature), you do not need any further NAS, streamer or other transport. I use an UpTone Audio LPS-1.2 to power the clean side and an UpTone Audio JS-2 to power the dirty side of the Signature. If you have a good power supply for the clean side of the Signature, I would not hesitate recommending it. Connected to a Naim DAC, I find the DigiOne and the Eitr to be comparable (although different) in sound quality and the DigiOne Signature to be superior to both when powered with a good power supply. I have both the Allo DigiOne, the Schiit Eitr and the DigiOne Signature. I did note my squeeze box touch through optical out and coax out into my Chord Dave sounded more musical to my ears. The Eitr is quite reasonably prices, but maybe a native SPDIF streamer would sound better that avoids going through USB. so maybe it's an auralic/Chord Dave interaction issue.Ī New laptop would cost more than the allo digione, so wanted to gather some feedback before pressing the "buy" button. But switching back to my battery powered laptop, the issues seemed to go away. I was using USB into my Dave, but possibly my laptop isn't quite good enough for the job, I noted that a friend's Dave sounds better than mine, using HDX and an Auralic streamer as a source.Īlso got to compare the SPDIF of the auralic vs the USB output, and the coax SPDIF sounded preferable to me, less glare, and more musical, the flow of music seemed better to my ears. This would be in to a Chord DAC which has galvanic USB input such a Hugo TT, Qutest or Dave. Has anyone been able to compare the SPDIF out of the allo digi one (any version) to the Schiit Eitr or Gustard U12
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