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HifiZineThe enthusiast's audio webzinePrivacy PolicyWhoWhyWhat Latest Articles Triangle Genèse Trio Equipment ReviewsOliver Masciarotte In the world of consumer audio, you don’t usually find both high style and remarkable performance embodied together in a “budget” product. Distinctive industrial design is largely reserved for the Very High End, where vast planes of aluminum, hardwood, copper or glass are milled into an over–spec’d behemoth. Despite that broad generalization, there are exceptionsContinue Reading... iFi Audio iPurifier3 Equipment ReviewsOliver Masciarotte Sometimes, it pays to do research…I had a problem that needed fixing. To be frank, it was a rather trivial, First World Problem. Join me in a lengthy tale of woe, you may find it an interesting process…Continue Reading... Virtualizing Roon ROCK Technical and DIYJohn Reekie John Reekie continues his virtualization experiments with Roon, this time virtualizing the ROCK software appliance. Performance seems to be about the same as the virtualized Roon Server. He writes “I’m ambivalent about whether I prefer ROCK or Roon Server in a virtualized setting… instructions are here for anyone who would like to try it.”Continue Reading... More articles Virtualizing Roon Server – Part 2 Technical and DIYJohn Reekie John Reekie continues his article on virtualizing Roon Server with more load measurements. He discovers that the virtualized Roon Server is difficult to break. "I'm impressed by how well it handled the loads I threw at it. I declare the experiment a success!"...Continue Reading... Virtualizing Roon Server Technical and DIYJohn Reekie "In my last article on running Roon Server on the ODroid H2, I initially spent some time worrying about whether this little computer would be powerful enough for Roon," writes John Reekie in the introduction to this article on running Roon Server in a virtualized environment. He walks through the...Continue Reading... Roon Server on ODroid H2 Technical and DIYJohn Reekie John Reekie tests out the ODroid H2 SBC (single board computer) as a Roon Server. "Ever since I discovered how easy it is to set up a DLNA music server on a Raspberry Pi or an ODroid HC1, I’ve been reluctant to dedicate a 'proper' computer as a music server,"...Continue Reading... How to stream Qobuz to almost anything Technical and DIYJohn Reekie John Reekie decides it's time to branch out from the Raspberry Pi and start streaming to a greater variety of devices. He summarizes the architecture that enables Qobuz to stream to "almost anything" and how to set it up. As a bonus, he provides installation instructions to turn any Linux...Continue Reading... Spatial Audio M3 Triode Master + interview with designer Clayton Shaw Equipment ReviewsOliver Masciarotte Oliver Masciarotte spends time with the Spatial Audio M3 Triode Master open baffle speaker, and quizzes designer Clayton Shaw about his design choices. Oliver concludes: "The M3 Triode Master is a outstanding example of OB design; exacting imaging combined with broad uncolored off-axis coverage and an airy, expansive soundstage. It......Continue Reading... RME ADI-2 Pro : Modes and Audio Routing Technical and DIYJohn Reekie John Reekie takes a deep dive into the "modes" of the RME ADI-2 Pro. "The modes can be considered as a sort of shorthand that gets you close to a solution, which you can then tailor by adjusting parameters away from the default or automatic selections." He provides diagrams that...Continue Reading... Syncing a music library to a Droidisk (or PiDisk) Technical and DIYJohn Reekie John Reekie goes all GUI to sync up his droidisk server with music files on a Mac or PC. Well, apart from installation on the ODroid or Raspberry Pi. Compared to his previous rsync-based method, this is "a better solution that is cross-platform, easier to set up, and more flexible."...Continue Reading... Audioengine A5+ Wireless Speakers Equipment ReviewsPatrick Dillon Patrick Dillon enjoys a change of pace with the Audioengine A5+ wireless speakers, trying them out both with bluetooth and wired via computer and external DAC. His conclusion? "I could envisage a pair of these serving as an almost one-stop audiophile rig, paired with whatever digital device you have. Throw...Continue Reading... RME ADI-2 Pro : a Technical Overview Technical and DIYJohn Reekie "I recently found myself intrigued by an interface from the pro-sound world, the RME ADI-2 Pro," writes John Reekie. This line-level convertor and audio interface is billed as RME's "reference" A/D and D/A convertor, but also has a solid complement of onboard processing, two powerful headphone amps, and technical performance good enough for...Continue Reading... Droidisk – Playing music Technical and DIYJohn Reekie John Reekie wraps up his articles on inexpensive SBC-based music servers, with instructions on how to install music-related services on the ODroid HC1. This time, he's also using an Android tablet as the renderer....Continue Reading... Music In The Mountains Industry SpotlightOliver Masciarotte "In year’s past, the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) has been hampered by an aging, rather stale venue, and backward looking management. This year, things were looking up with the hosting hotel being newly refreshed and the exhibitors better able to cope with the remodeled rooms." Oliver Masciarotte provides his...Continue Reading... Droidisk – An inexpensive compact music server Technical and DIYJohn Reekie John Reekie revisits his Raspberry Pi based music server with a new offering: the ODroid HC1 ("home compute server"). "The HC1 has the distinguishing feature of a SATA port, so that it connects to a hard drive without going through USB. 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