I have to say, I just tested volumio against mpdpuppy...Maybe it is the Software, maybe the different Hardware, but my Alix / USB-Card Combo has beaten the hell out of the raspberry / volumio Combo...all with the same High-End Dac and Amps.

Has anyone tried mpdpup with even smaller boards than Alix ? Like Rasperry or cubieboard or similars ?

Best Regards

Can you share with us some of your plans for the next version of mpdpup...the last one was already absultely stunning...I am looking forward to the next one very much....

First of all I would like to give you my thanks and appreciation for your hard work. This is really a fantastic piece of work.

I installed it on my Alix 1 nachine - very easy, flawless. The new menues are really neat.

I am not sure sonically, but this version seems to be a bit "softer". A little ...

[quote="ldolseMPD 0.17.x supports Spotify now - I spent some time figuring out how to get all the dependencies taken care of, so the next release will ship with Spotify support.
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GREAT !!!! Do you have an estimated time of arrival ?

one question....how difficult would it be to have a choice between standard mpd and mopidy ? If i got it right mopidy does the same as mpd, but adds spotify...even mpad works with it....that would be extremely cool...highend for your own discs through mpdpup plus the flexibilty of spotify....my ...

I have a question....using the Alix board, I have issues like hickups when playing hires material. Any hints how to improve this ?

audiosm wrote:Could it be a problem only with this PC ?

Any suggestions to fix this welcomed, I assume this does not happen to other waveIO users

I think so....I am running a WaveIo as well...and have tried many Boards as described...but never had this issue.

Raytech, would it be possible that you share the image of you optimized system ? I guess i could figure out how to set the right ipadtess of my server etc, but i am not sure how to compile a tuned system as you did

No, I put the Sotm card back, of course.

Ok...made it work, thanks a lot.

I took Misa Criolla with Jose Carreras, some Opus 3 recordings, John Pfeiffer (Classic Sampler). So basically Jazz and Classic, all very good recordings. "So Nice" - Dianna Krall etc.

Setting of MPDpup the same on both machines.

Finally I asked my wife for her ...

thx...just did my first try...i am connected, but mpad does not see any albums....when and how does mpd create the libary ?

I would love to do that....but the DHCP/Ip-adress issue is preventing me to compare...I need a new kernel/better driver support for the z68 support...

I have had a lot of trouble to be able to build the kernel and the base filesystem.


Well...I would LOVE to follow your way, but I am a complete Linux newbie...could you give a little guidance what you did and how we can benefit from your learnings ?

How is your big machine sounding compared to ...

Yes, I have both boards here...over time I learned that in Hifi you need to take your time...so, I typiacally buy more than I need.....let it settle....and sell it afterwards. As by now nearly everything I own is DIY ( DAC, Amplifier, Speaker), not too much money is involved anymore...

I believe ...

I have not yet compared these combinations directly...will do over the weekend...but from memory (to be verified):

- The Alix 3D2 sounds analogue, but a bit hazy, not very brilliant.
- The Alix 1d2 sounds on the standard port already more open. I would always go for the 1d2. Reason: AMI-Bios where ...

OK, I got my Alix 1d2 with PCI-Slot yesterday. A very first impression (with SOTM-Card and standard switching power supply, no mods yets):

Impressive. A lot of the "haze" is gone. Unbelieveable how deep it makes a room, very 3 D, plays clearly not front-loaded, but more back-loaded.
A very smooth ...

Thanks for the hint...Board is already ordered...could becone a killer combo...the Sotm card is really great...I can use it only with a board with PCI...so, the current Alix (3d2) unfortunately not as adapters are really rare from minipci to pci..its cheaper to get a board with pci...did not know ...

I guess I need to take a break...just smoked the biostar motherboard somehow...so besides the Alix no motherboard left to experiment with.

The Alix is smooth and soft playing, but defintly a little less transparent and a bit hazy...compared against w7 64bit optimized for audio and jriver as well ...

I will give you all the detail you want...oer the course of the day I will write everything down. for the start ( I will edit this post later to add the return of the command etc.)

First of all: I started each time with a clean, new formatted USB-Stick with MPDPUP on it.

The system is than booting ...