shaitan667
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Hi all, new member here.
I have a spare PC that I'm looking to use as music server.
It's a small form factor Acer Aspire X3900 -
i3 560 CPU
14GB DDR3
Have a few different HDDs I could use, 500gb, 1tb, or 2tb
Has optical audio out
I'm going to be hooking it up to a Yamaha HT-6030 receiver - 5.1 speaker setup in the living room on one zone, 2 speaker setup outside on the other zone (zone may not be the right word - it has A and B speaker outputs.)
I'm looking at running either Snakeoil OS or Daphile. Anyone that has used these, could you please let me know how your experience has been?
Are there other things I should look at? I was thinking Volumio, but I think the Android app isn't free.
It seems like the preferred method is to use a USB DAC, but this isn't an option for me - I'm limited to using what I have on hand.
Using optical to the receiver, will the onboard audio chipset process the music? Or can it be bitstreamed?
Most of my music is FLAC, 44kHz/16bit - 192kHz/24bit, with some SACD rips as well - some ISO, and some DSF.
Any suggestions on setup would be much appreciated.
I have a spare PC that I'm looking to use as music server.
It's a small form factor Acer Aspire X3900 -
i3 560 CPU
14GB DDR3
Have a few different HDDs I could use, 500gb, 1tb, or 2tb
Has optical audio out
I'm going to be hooking it up to a Yamaha HT-6030 receiver - 5.1 speaker setup in the living room on one zone, 2 speaker setup outside on the other zone (zone may not be the right word - it has A and B speaker outputs.)
I'm looking at running either Snakeoil OS or Daphile. Anyone that has used these, could you please let me know how your experience has been?
Are there other things I should look at? I was thinking Volumio, but I think the Android app isn't free.
It seems like the preferred method is to use a USB DAC, but this isn't an option for me - I'm limited to using what I have on hand.
Using optical to the receiver, will the onboard audio chipset process the music? Or can it be bitstreamed?
Most of my music is FLAC, 44kHz/16bit - 192kHz/24bit, with some SACD rips as well - some ISO, and some DSF.
Any suggestions on setup would be much appreciated.