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    Posted: 03 May 2020 at 1:29pm
I have a Majestic and a Solo Ultra Linear. Already thought they sounded amazing but just discovered 'Exclusive Mode' in Tidal and completely blew my mind, again.

Got me wondering what difference a stand-alone streamer would make, searched but surprisingly couldn't find much info on the forums. Recommendations please.
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Raspberry Pi c/w e.g. HiFiBerry Digi+ Pro, running MoOde or Volumio software, into your Majestic.
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Reflex M & ACCESSION M, CuSat50, Majestic DAC, a Proprius pair.
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A number of us here have Squeezebox Touch players.
Mine sounded glorious through Graham's workshop rig when I visited a year or two ago.
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Wow! Super quick response, thanks. I'll check them out.
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I use S/PDIF.
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S/PDIF coax for the Squeezebox Touch.
The Touch handles 24/96 by default, but there's an applet you can install called EDO, which means it becomes capable of playing 24/192 files natively.

Toslink is 24/96.

The USB on the Majestic handles Windows defaults for bit depth and sample rate.

It's possible to run the Squeezebox Touch as a standalone player, but it runs best as a client when you run server on another machine.
I run my server (LMS) on a RasPi, and my local digital library resides on a NAS elsewhere in the house.
It's all cabled up.
I've used all three main streaming content providers (Spotify, Tidal and Qobuz), and they all work well.
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Would the main benefit of a stand-alone streamer compared to direct from a Mac Mini be the ability to use S/PDIF and unlock 192kHz 24 bit on the Majestic?

Would I be able to play MQA through the Majestic?

Is hi-res a benefit? Two knowledgeable people arguing for and against respectively:


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