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It is DUI-based, and as such for the best looks it requires Win7 and some Windows colour palette tweaking (in Win10 some of the colours are not editable). Best to use it on a dedicated machine, as some system windows may be hard to read in this colour scheme. There's no downloadable skin...

Are you using the Hilo Remote? It's much easier than the touch screen menus:

If my experience counts, you're on the right track. I have the Metrum Menuet and to me it's a fantastic match for the V281. I have tried a couple of Chord models as well as the Yggy and ended up preferring the Menuet. The latest Metrum generation may be a further improvement over that, but I...

No need to upgrade the DAC if all that bothers you is the single ended connection. In the V281 the preamp section is single ended, only the power stages are balanced. Signal from the balanced input is first converted to SE anyway.

That's actually by design: only one channel is connected through the balance pot. Don't look for a fault in your equipment.

and while we're at it: I mada a small update:

Not sure where I got it from -probably from the author's page when it was stil operational. Have been using it for ages. This link points to the same version.

So the seekbar doesn't cut it for you? You can click on any point on the track timeline and it takes the playback there. There are also enhanced versions of the seekbar which display the track's waveform and control the play position through the mouse wheel - check the Waveform minibar (mod) if...

One hint for all those who have just installed the foo_jesus component: if you want your playlists backed up (and I stringly recommend that), then go to Preferences->Advanced->Autosave & Autobackup and make sure that your playlists folder name is CORRECTLY listed in the Files and directories to...

Other users though have been using the foo_jesus component which backs up all the relevant files and maintains a configurable number of backup copies, all neatly zipped for minimum footprint....

I don't think you will be able to use equalizer or any other DSP with the DSD sources. They only work with PCM.

I think this component may help you.

The difference is that PCM typically uses 16 or 24-bit samples, while DSD is 1-bit. So if you multiply 24*192k you get pretty close to the DSD 64 bit rate (both about 5Mbps). In my setup I have archived the original DSD files and most of the time use their versions converted to PCM 24/96 or...

Update: That's probably as far as I can push it without switching to the Columns UI...