Now that I've settled on the TotalDAC D1-Dual, the next step is to optimize the usb feed.
I found the USB from JRiver on my w7 laptop was a big improvement over the spdif/coax output of my logitech Touch.
However, I don't want to give up my logitech media server or the apps i use over wifi to choose my music.
I started looking at CAPS v3 on computer audiophile and saw the SoTM usb card, with battery power, was a key component to getting better sound, but since I hate M$ software almost as much as Apple products, I don't want windows anywhere near my audio system.
Googling around search terms like 'caps v3' and 'linux' and I stumbled on the sMS-100, a small linux based music client with USB output, uses the SoTM USB card (apparently), is set up to easily use battery power and runs a squeezelite client so I can use my existing LMS NAS system that resides in my basement.................all my boxes checked off! Basically a headless logitech touch with a high quality usb ouput.
So, rather than rush off and order it tonight (still tempting though), I thought I would query this august group and see if any of you had experience with the SoTM mini-server.
Thanks!
I found the USB from JRiver on my w7 laptop was a big improvement over the spdif/coax output of my logitech Touch.
However, I don't want to give up my logitech media server or the apps i use over wifi to choose my music.
I started looking at CAPS v3 on computer audiophile and saw the SoTM usb card, with battery power, was a key component to getting better sound, but since I hate M$ software almost as much as Apple products, I don't want windows anywhere near my audio system.
Googling around search terms like 'caps v3' and 'linux' and I stumbled on the sMS-100, a small linux based music client with USB output, uses the SoTM USB card (apparently), is set up to easily use battery power and runs a squeezelite client so I can use my existing LMS NAS system that resides in my basement.................all my boxes checked off! Basically a headless logitech touch with a high quality usb ouput.
So, rather than rush off and order it tonight (still tempting though), I thought I would query this august group and see if any of you had experience with the SoTM mini-server.
Thanks!