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Subsonic music streaming app

Do any of you use Subsonic to stream your music from your PC to your iPhone/Pod/Pad? I'm thinking about trying it--$5 for the app and a free 30 day trial for the download ($30 "donation" to keep using it after that). I'm thinking I'll have a sort of DIY Squeezebox, minus the hi res capapbility. If anyone is using it . . .

1) How does it sound playing lossless files?
2) Are there any set up adjustments that will improve audio quality?
3) Any quirks or drawbacks?

FYI, I'll be streaming my music library from my laptop to my iPhone which is docked to a Pure i-20 which sends the pure digital stream to my W4S Dac-1.

Thanks for any guidance!
rosedanny
rbautista
97 posts
 
Just checked the forums and there is mention of SqueezeCast which supposedly similar to SqueezePlayer. Checked it out in Apple store and it's $4.99.

Read this thread about it
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83731
rbautista
97 posts
 
Found another highly recommended product similar to SqueezePlayer. You can find it in iTunes AppStore called iPeng. There is an add-on you can purchase to turn your "i" device to a Squeezebox device. You can access your library remotely similar to SqueezePlayer by changing some router configurations.
wingsounds13
1 posts
 
Have a look at eLyric. It will play FLAC directly (no transcoding/quality loss to MP3). I got it because I got the PS Audio PerfectWave DAC & Bridge and eLyric is a PS Audio product and the recommended controller for the PW DAC. I use eLyric as a controller, but it also works as a player. I have no experience with any of the apps previously mentioned in this thread, but eLyric is the best of all the controller/renderer apps that I have tried on Andriod and iPod/iPad.

J.P.
richard_stacy
686 posts
 
I don't think any of those apps will stream to an Android device via 3/4G except for Subsonic and Audiogalaxy. If there is an app that will do that without transcoding lossless files please do tell!
rosedanny OP
80 posts
 
"If there is an app that will do that without transcoding lossless files please do tell!"

Yes! I agree completely--I'm loving the Subsonic streamer to my iPhone. It recognizes my iTunes library, my Winows Media Player library, and my HD Tracks library. I have access to all of my files, but they are 320 mp3s by the time they get to the DAC. Either way, it's a fun thing to do and I'm bitten by the bug. I think I'll get a couple of 1TB hard drives and start ripping CDs seriously using the Computer Audiophile CD Ripping Strategy. BTW, I "donated" 20 euros to Subsonic--I think it's well worth it.
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