What is the substance of the new update?
The release notes say: Fixes for reporting bit depth to DACs via Coax output and updated streamer version reporting.
Thanks. I just read the release notes!
How have you liked your Airlens? What did it replace? I ask because I had been considering an Airlens to replace my Matrix X-SPDIF.
Posted in another topic may last year.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing that! Iāve been very happy with my Matrix X-SPFID 3 feeding my MK2.
I love the Airlens, particularly with Qobuz Connect and Spotify Connect! The unit replaced the Bridge II card in the DS DAC. Now I have the DS DAC II and Airlens. The sound was a significant upgrade in my system.
I would say the native software (mconnect) is lacking. The Airlens is great if you are just using it to render Qobuz / Tidal Connect or play a local library of flacs. However I canāt get mconnect to see the DSF files on my media server.
I am also disappointed in the appās vtuner (internet radio), which does not pick up any flac streams, only mp3 streams and thereās no metadata (track info) displayed in the app. The Airlens seems like it was designed more for third-party software like Roon or JRiver than native app support.
Although it costs $50/year, or $200 for a lifetime subscription, JPlay sports a far better interface than mConnect, is updated regularly, and has no problem seeing and playing DSF files from my UPnP server. If you havenāt tried JPlay yet, you might give it a try; thereās a 14-day trial period before you commit.
ā Chris
Although it costs $50/year, or $200 for a lifetime subscription, JPlay sports a far better interface than mConnect, is updated regularly, and has no problem seeing and playing DSF files from my UPnP server. If you havenāt tried JPlay yet, you might give it a try; thereās a 14-day trial period before you commit.
āChris
Tried it. I donāt recall seeing Internet Radio during the trial period. Does it at least allow manually adding a station URL?
I use Rigelian for MPD players (Bryston) and it only costs $5/year. It offers different functionality though; high quality web radio and local file playback but no integration with streaming services.
The internet radio function has only been a feature for less than a year and yes you have to add the stations via URL.
With the recent enhancements JPLAY made to Internet Radio and Radio Paradise metadata, I went and bought a year. Unfortunately it locks up the Airlens rather easily and frequently requiring a reboot. Iām sure there are renderer settings in the app that can help but I havenāt found the magic combination yet.
Also it still wonāt see my DSF files on a Bryston media player, but that might be a limitation of the ancient version of Linux or DLNA the server is running.
If the Airlens is a pure UPnP streamer then JPlay should work without any special settings like it does with the Holo Red. When you installed JPlay did you try rebooting the entire system all the way back to and including the modem? The only streamer I own that is somewhat quirky with JPlay is the Open Home based Auralic.
Thanks. I will not mess too much with the settings then. Iāve also been in touch with Marcin @ JPlay and he suggested I keep both āsafe modeā settings ON for now. The debug logs I sent him suggest the Airlens is locking up on its own while streaming radio, so we might have to report it to PS AUDIO.
This prompted me to check the Airlens base firmware. I had been doing all the streaming module updates over the air (mcontrol app) and did not realize the base unit had fallen behind (was still on v3.0). The horror! I have just updated to v3.2 and will have to repeat my test logging tonight.
Other than Radio Paradise I have found most of the FLAC radio stations to be hit or miss not only with JPlay but with other streaming software. Seems to be no rhyme or reason as to when they play without issue or donāt, The Tunein level stuff usuallly plays fine itās the higher resolution stations that seem to have issues. The constant IOS updates seem to leave the other software companies constantly playing catch up.