On Android with BubbleUPnP one can use the Qobuz native app to direct albums, separate tracks and/or playlists straight into BubblUPnP’s queue.
After you select an album/track/playlist just click the three dots on the right, chose (Android’s) “Share” and you’re set.
Comfortly keep on exploring/sharing in the Qobuz app while Bubble is playing the queue.
Edit: same for Tidal…
BubbleUpnp is what I use along with JRemote for Jriver - it is not the Qobuz app. You are using Bubble’s app to stream from your Qobuz account, using Qobuz’s application programming interface (API) to the renderer of your choice.
The QOBUZ APP itself does not have the ability to stream to a UPNP/DLNA device directly without a third party app such as Bubble or mconnect. The Qobuz app itself (Android, IOS, Mac, Windows) can only play to an attached device - not over your network,
….well yes the fiber in front of Etheregen did make an improvement. Most noticeable with my favorite screech’o’meter Carrie Underwood test. There was a useful taming of her absurdly strident sibilance. In terms of listening for increased pleasure vs reduced pain (sorry all you Carrie fans), beautiful jazz brush strokes and added realism with piano. A no brainer low cost upgrade.
I might have to use that line a time or two. I love Carrie’s music but yeah - SCREECHING is painful
@Serhan can you post an image of where you placed the emi strips and which ones you used? I’d like to try this.
My personal journey with the BII is that it sounds better than optical in from my Mac Pro tower. However it was sometimes a bit edgey sounding, until I got the EtherRegen (plugged into power conditioner, as is the rest of the system)
Still, converting flac files to WAV provides the best sound. I don’t know if the BII is just not ideal for unpacking flac files, but I find this critical to getting the best sound.
Hi @emailists
I use Melco S100 to connect Roon Nucleus+ and Bridge II. By comparison, EMI/RFI absorption effect equals the addition of Melco but for 5% of the cost.
I found Ted’s post to be quite useful:
Enjoy!
Edit: EDCOR mods arrived today:
Thanks so much. How many sheets of 210mm x 300mm (approx) is enough to do the job? A guy on eBay sells for $71 per sheet .
One sheet sufficed for P15 regenerator, DS DAC, BHK preamp. I would buy it either from DigiKey or Moser. One could risk buying a counterfeit!
EDIT - Please note: 3M AB7050 HF is much dearer than the old 3M AB7050 becuase it cover a broader RF spectrum.
…just pointing out an easy workaround to the primary use of the native Qobuz/Tidal app to explore and select music, without need to switch between the apps Bubble is running in background streaming selected music to the renderer of your choice…
Hi folks,
Another B2 supporter here (now).
Since I was not going DS MK1 > DS MKII and was chasing a way to simplify the digital rig, I aimed to revisit B2 route.
Back when I had DS Junior, I always preferred USB/I2S over B2 (with or without MATRIX), I even removed B2 from Junior.
When upgraded to DS MK1, I never thought on B2, and kept the MATRIX/I2S rabbit hole (USB Curious EVOLVED first, then I2S RAL, then KECES PSs – two, etc.).
Last year, I went with the 3M AB7050HF on DS (display, digital and analog boards) and P15 (display board), with great results.
Since then, Serhan feeback kept resounding in my head.
Thanks to @jkrichards, I now had the opportunity to go for a B2 (with custom plate for connecting an external PS to DS analog board).
After first tests, I was very happy, but still preferring the “old” MATRIX>Custom Stream>I2S (and a lot of cables). I then recalled the 3M absorbing…
Jeff already had B2 fully loaded with 3M shielding, but then I replaced the existing 3M with the same I already have on DS and P15: 3M AB7050HF. I placed it exactly on the same spots as Jeff did.
I also placed the same 3M on the top cover as Serhan.
Voilá!
I could not tell the difference between B2 and my “old” digital rig!
It’s a winning!
So, MATRIX still is a great piece of KIT, and for DS MKII, this route or a separated streamer with I2S out (like the recent Holo Red) is the way to go. USB directly could also be an option with the improved MKII USB input.
But, for all the MKI folks out there, despite previous experience and what @tedsmith always shared with us that B2 is noisy (it is, originally), give B2 another chance (mandatory the 3M AB7050HF treatment).
Just to put into perspective, I replaced this:
For this:
Roughly, the total cost of the replaced material was around 2500€!
The trade-off…
Now I can’t play DSD128 and DSD256 files natively.
But, as a Roon Lifetimer, and with the B2 and Roon integration, I’m good! 
I always enjoyed mine.
As I remember, I loved my Bridge2. Then I got something better, and better….
You haven’t heard the DS at it’s best until you do the VOCM mod and transformers.
Most certainly.
But that’s way too much for my DIY skills. 
Just a side note…
With B2 now, and after revisited configs and several tests, I prefer Roon without DSP to DS Sr.
Previously, and despite it should be better this way (Roon without DSP), with my previous digital rig, I prefered Roon upsampling everything to DSD64.
Almost everything is system dependent!
I have never tried any Roon signal processing. No sir. Not even curious.
