Comments on: HiFiBerry Amp 2, Vintage Koss Speakers and Volumio https://robcee.net/2018/hifiberry-amp-2-vintage-koss-speakers-and-volumio/ The enbloggening. Sat, 28 Nov 2020 19:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Rob Campbell https://robcee.net/2018/hifiberry-amp-2-vintage-koss-speakers-and-volumio/#comment-3662 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 19:24:20 +0000 http://robcee.net/?p=1631#comment-3662 In reply to David C. Snyder.

you too, David! Happy listening. 😀

]]> By: David C. Snyder https://robcee.net/2018/hifiberry-amp-2-vintage-koss-speakers-and-volumio/#comment-3661 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 17:04:22 +0000 http://robcee.net/?p=1631#comment-3661 In reply to Rob Campbell.

That’s fair. Roon is not for everyone. I used JRiver Media Center for 5+ years before transitioning to Roon. It took some adjustment, but now I can’t imagine living without it. Happy holidays.

]]> By: Rob Campbell https://robcee.net/2018/hifiberry-amp-2-vintage-koss-speakers-and-volumio/#comment-3660 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 16:59:55 +0000 http://robcee.net/?p=1631#comment-3660 In reply to David C. Snyder.

Hi David,

This is a timely, and time-sensitive comment. 🙂

I’ve tried Roon and found it to be a bit problematic for the price tag. It felt unfinished, I had playback glitches on my local machine (running as a Roon Core and single endpoint) and didn’t really like some of the editorializing it did on my music metadata. But for some that might be just what they’re looking for.

cheers!

]]> By: David C. Snyder https://robcee.net/2018/hifiberry-amp-2-vintage-koss-speakers-and-volumio/#comment-3659 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 16:44:24 +0000 http://robcee.net/?p=1631#comment-3659 Roon Labs is offering a three month trial subscription for $1. This is a great way to kick the tires since the usual trial is only 14 days. The deal ends in a couple of days, so I’d suggest grabbing it while you can. You may not decide to keep it, but you’ll have fun playing with it over the holidays. 🙂

https://land.roonlabs.com/black-friday-one-dollar

]]> By: Rob Campbell https://robcee.net/2018/hifiberry-amp-2-vintage-koss-speakers-and-volumio/#comment-3658 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 15:55:07 +0000 http://robcee.net/?p=1631#comment-3658 In reply to Anton.

Hi Anton,

Thanks for the reply.

You’re not the first person to recommend Logitech Media Server to me and I’m pretty sure there’s a version of it I could run on my NAS, or at the very least one of my Pi 4Bs.

I have a mashup of Volumio and a recent Mopidy install I’ve been meaning to write up, but I’m going to dig into your suggestions. I’ll write something up if I end up liking it. Sounds like a good project for December. 🙂

All the best!

]]> By: Anton https://robcee.net/2018/hifiberry-amp-2-vintage-koss-speakers-and-volumio/#comment-3657 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:54:09 +0000 http://robcee.net/?p=1631#comment-3657 Great write up Rob! I too have a Hifiberry Amp2 and am very pleased with it. Currently using it to power ceiling speakers in my kitchen and just purchased a second for speakers in my bathroom.

As something you may like to try, which is particularly good for multi-room audio is slim server or logitech media server. It was open sourced by logitech when they pulled out of the streaming audio market a number of years ago and the project has continued. It has support for Spotify/Tidal, SMB shares and internet streaming audio. The interface is old and a little clunky, but there are a number of add-ons to update it, with good options for mobile interfaces (check out Craig Drummond’s ‘material skin’). The nice thing about it is one interface to control all of the media players. There are also plugins for airplay, chromecast and DLNA endpoints, which can be used to sync audio with pre-existing audio systems. On the pi, you can install picoreplayer, based on tinycore linux, which runs in the ram so no need for a proper power down – just pull the plug.

]]> By: Windows 10 and remembering the reasons I switched to a Mac – robcee.net https://robcee.net/2018/hifiberry-amp-2-vintage-koss-speakers-and-volumio/#comment-3627 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:28:29 +0000 http://robcee.net/?p=1631#comment-3627 […] Why don’t I just use Linux? Because I live in a society, damn it, and I need to collaborate with humans. Sometimes, I enjoy the games. Also, I use Linux all the time for servers and IoT devices. […]

]]> By: Raspberry Pi Speakers – Samantha Combs https://robcee.net/2018/hifiberry-amp-2-vintage-koss-speakers-and-volumio/#comment-3418 Sat, 04 Apr 2020 12:31:05 +0000 http://robcee.net/?p=1631#comment-3418 […] thanks to Rob Campbell for the blog post that I followed for the majority of this project and for answering my question so quickly (I got […]

]]> By: Samantha https://robcee.net/2018/hifiberry-amp-2-vintage-koss-speakers-and-volumio/#comment-3405 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 19:41:17 +0000 http://robcee.net/?p=1631#comment-3405 Awesome I just found that diagram about 5 minutes before you responded to the comment. Thank you so much! Excited to see how the speaker turns out – working on hardware stuff at the moment.

]]> By: Rob Campbell https://robcee.net/2018/hifiberry-amp-2-vintage-koss-speakers-and-volumio/#comment-3404 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 19:35:38 +0000 http://robcee.net/?p=1631#comment-3404 In reply to Samantha.

You’re welcome! That’s not a stupid question as it isn’t obvious from the board and I had to look it up too. The screw-in connectors are the two pairs on the right. See the diagram in the following link for instructions: https://www.hifiberry.com/docs/archive/connecting-power-supply-and-speakers-to-the-hifiberry-amp/. Hope this helps!

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