Hello fellow hifi enthusiasts. Through some searching I learned the old site is no longer with us. I did find the archive site but haven’t figured out how to search its content so here I am. I joined the original forum in 2001, novelty is my previous username, and I’ve owned various olive and black integrateds and separates over the years.
I purchased a low hour SuperUniti last year and have enjoyed hours of streaming bliss since but I’d like to make some observations and get some feedback on some streaming and networking issues I’ve encountered.
My set up:
Room 1
Airport Extreme Base Station
SuperUniti (AQ Cinnamon to Airport) (current firmware)
QNAP TS-251/Asset (4TB x 2) (AQ Cinnamon to Airport)
Room 2
Airport Express
Mu So (Blue Jeans Cat 6 to Airport Express) (current firmware)
Naim App on Ipad Pro and iPhone XR
Firstly, I’d like to make sure my set up is appropriate, my flat is only 1,000 sq ft so the listening rooms are not very far apart.
With regard to the UPnP, I have approx. 6K CDs ripped at lossless (ALAC & FLAC) on my QNAP. I’ve been using Bliss HQ for organization of artwork and files and have been very happy with this service.
I listen to my non-hifi rips through iTunes on my iPhone and my favorite aspect of iTunes is organizing my entire library in one playlist that is a sequential ordering of ALL the CDs in the library in the order they were ripped. This allows me to toggle off the shuffle feature and the next song in the queue is the next song of the CD the current playing song appeared on as it was ripped in my library. Make sense? I’ve been searching on this topic for a long time and it appears there is currently no way to do this through the Naim App or Asset. Also, I’m using the free version of Asset. Is there any benefit to subscribing to the Asset service? Is there a better option to Asset?
The aforementioned is a big reason I spend most of my listening time tuned in to radio paradise 320K stream. They long ago went to FLAC for the RP app and browser players but I don’t see that functionality yet for the iRadio on stand alone players. Does anyone have updates here? Is the difference b/w 320K and FLAC significant enough to worry about?
I recently purchased a Mu So and have been pleasantly surprised by this little machine. I initially was using the wifi functionality since the unit is not very far from the Airport base station but I was running into lots of buffering and Naim App wonkiness so I recently hooked up the Airport Express and now have the Mu So connected by ethernet. I haven’t had any issues since doing this so I hope that solved the problem. I wonder if the 2.4ghz wifi of the Mu So is the limiting factor here?
I updated both the SuperUniti and Mu So with the latest firmware and I’m absolutely loving the multiroom functionality. What a treat!
Anyway, my knowledge of networking and streaming is limited so I appreciate the knowledge base that participates here and look forward to your responses.
cheers.
mark.