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Squeezebox I2S vs Juli@ I2S(cPlay/cMP)

Posted by hanssatink (A) on November 7, 2009 at 01:52:00

Always interested in better (cleaner, low litter) transport of FLAC>I2S i was pointed to the Squeezebox receiver. Not really pc-audio, but interesting as comparison transport vs optimized cPlay/cMP config. I use a Buffalo32 as DAC with Juli@ card with I2S. The PC and Juli@ are feeded by Batteries. With the B32 DAC there's no need to upsample or resample. Plain 44.1 khz is enough to get the best out of this DAC. That fact is a nice opportunity to try the SBR as a plain transport FLAC>I2S vs pc based transport.

SB Receiver is only 88 euro in Holland. Without the remote control you have to use the so called UDAP commandline app to configure it once for wired or wifi use. I choose wifi to avoid interference from the cable. On a chinees forum i took notice that the SBR is the first SB that has the correct I2S to use for driving popular DAC's with I2S input. It is easy to locate them and connect wires.

I bought it and connected the I2S to my DAC using a big magnifying glass. (my eyes are not that young anymore ;-) Also i feeded the SBR with 9Vdc from a batterie. The server software i installed on my cPlay pc. I use my Android phone as remote.

Well, and about the result. It impressed me from the first moment. Its a crispy, airy and very, very clean. At first judgment it's outperforms a pc-transport is sense of clean and airy sound. Here a picture of the hardware. Feel free to ask or comment.

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