I have the Slim Devices Squeezebox, which they now call the classic. I'd
never go back to a soundcard for playing music on my stereo. I do run
their software under linux. The software is open source. It supports
FLAC. You can stream on your lan to other devices that don't do FLAC.
That is, you
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 08:32:11PM +0300, Sergei Steshenko wrote:
If you do not change sample rate, but just increase number of
bits, e.g. 16 - 24, you lose nothing.
Makes sense. But is plughw smart enough to only resample when
necessary?
I guess that's just something I need to consider if I
Matt Garman wrote:
...and low power. Hard to not want to buy one :) What enclosure is
it in?
I assume since it doesn't have a native sound device, you're using
the usb-sound alsa module? I can't find it now, so maybe I'm crazy,
but I thought I remember reading a disclaimer not too long
SPDIF and USB have the same issue regarding isolation from PC generated
noise in that they connect the ground of the data converter and PC.
Toslink is the only way to get true isolation.
http://www.wavelengthaudio.com/usbdac.html
The wavelength usb claims regarding jitter are simply not
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:39:55AM +1200, Eliot Blennerhassett wrote:
without a default alsa.conf, plughw doesn't exist.
It is composed of the plug on top of hw.
On my system it is defined in /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf
you might try
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm {
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:02:37 -0500
Matt Garman matthew.gar...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:39:55AM +1200, Eliot Blennerhassett wrote:
without a default alsa.conf, plughw doesn't exist.
It is composed of the plug on top of hw.
On my system it is defined in
