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Is the Lyrion Music Server (formerly Logitech) any good for the not-computer-savvy

Hello there, esteemed fellow audiophiles.

I am about to try my second Streamer/Transport after having a dismal experience with the new Auralic Aries G2.2: In short, it would not produce any music through my MSB DAC, in spite MSBs assurance that there are no incompatibilities. I sent it to the Aurlic Technical Service group in Oregon to find out what is going on, but nevertheless I am disappointed after having read so many good reviews about the machine. 

I am now in the process of purchasing an EVO432 Aeon streamer, albeit it looking even more complicated to set up than the Aries. But for me, musicality and "near-analog-ness" are the most important decision criteria.

The EVO gives me two options how to organize a new music library, either Roon or the Logitech Music Server, which has now molted into "Lyrion Music Server". I know that Roon is widely used by audiophiles, but I have also heard less glowing words when it comes to music presentation, such as "flat" when it comes to sound stage. The Logitech/Lyrion, on the other hand, gets very nice reviews about its musicality and neutral presentation.

I therefore tried to download the Lyrion app to my MacBook Air (with M1 chip) to see if I can handle the set-up myself. However, after downloading the app and having the logo appear on my desktop, clicking the icon or using "command open" does nothing: there is no new window appearing.

So, my question: has anybody experience with this app and could tell me what I am doing wrong? Should I perhaps have a dedicated iPad for it?

Also, if anybody has used an EVO432 streamer: how easy is it to figure it out and what exactly will I have to do making it play my - mostly iTunes and Native DSD - libraries?

As always, your help is highly appreciated!

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mlsstl
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I've used LMS (and its prior incarndations) for two decades now and have been very pleased with it.  I've used it with Windows and Linux, though never Mac.

Note the LMS program runs in the background and is accessed though its web page -- something along the lines of 192.1.168.XXX:9000 -- you won't see anything if you don't use the 9000 port number in the address. And, LMS is just a server -- you need a player that can use LMS as a music server.  I haven't used the EVO432 streamer so can't tell you anything about it.

You will probably want to check out the LMS web site which has a wealth of information about installing, configuring and using the program. See https://forums.lyrion.org/

 

g2the2nd
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Is the Mac app you are using IPENG? It worked best when I ran LMS on my Rasberry Pi with PiCore Player. controlled from my Iphone or Ipad.

 

I moved to an Eversolo A8. Great App/UI. and it has Tidal Connect so I can play directly from the Tidal App when I want to.

You can use it as a streamer only into your MSB DAC or use its integrated DAC and analog preamp.

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audiotroy
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OP the 432evo sounds fantastic running Roon, and the only reason to run logitech is not wanting to spend 30 a month for roon or paying for the one-time lifetime payment.

The operating interface/user experience on roon is in a class by itself, so therefore we recommend sticking with Roon as the user experience is far superior to LMS.

The 432evo servers run Roon differently than most manufacturers:

On a 432EVO server roon is run in its own core on the CPU, while music caching is run on another core. And then the machines back round processes are run on yet another core.

This proprietary operating system enables roon to sound more analog like then many other servers

 

Dave and Troy

Audio intellect NJ

432evo dealers

 

 

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