jmills8
Previously known as bmiamihk, jmills2
Bowers & Wilkins
Pictures of Your Portable Rig (part XVI)
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NickleCo
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Thats a beautiful scene! Compliments your set up very nicely!
Figured out how to make the rPi a access point now vs a wireless client utilising the built-in WIFI. This allows me to connect to the rPi SSID with an Apple device (iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch) without the need of an external travel router.
This setup is truly DAC-agnostic as well as OS-agnostic. A different battery-powered DAC (Hugo1, Mojo, etc.) can be used in place. iOS and/or Android but app-dependent.
It saves power on your smartphone as the app can be closed. It's just a front-end. Everything runs on the backend (rPi) so doesn't use much if any smartphone resources. No try-hard front-end app to tamper with the SQ, it all runs bit-perfect on the backend.
Planning to add a 2TB portable extreme SSD with 550 read/write speeds once I replace with an rPi4.
This simple and low cost high quality solution made me change my whole outlook on redbook. Desktop PC source w/ entire OS loaded in RAM + Desktop optical cable + Desktop DAC = True Desktop SQ in a transportable form factor. Really optimises the Chord experience.
So I now permanently complement the IR remote with an iOS app:
My playlists linked to the IR remote:
This setup is truly DAC-agnostic as well as OS-agnostic. A different battery-powered DAC (Hugo1, Mojo, etc.) can be used in place. iOS and/or Android but app-dependent.
It saves power on your smartphone as the app can be closed. It's just a front-end. Everything runs on the backend (rPi) so doesn't use much if any smartphone resources. No try-hard front-end app to tamper with the SQ, it all runs bit-perfect on the backend.
Planning to add a 2TB portable extreme SSD with 550 read/write speeds once I replace with an rPi4.
This simple and low cost high quality solution made me change my whole outlook on redbook. Desktop PC source w/ entire OS loaded in RAM + Desktop optical cable + Desktop DAC = True Desktop SQ in a transportable form factor. Really optimises the Chord experience.
So I now permanently complement the IR remote with an iOS app:
My playlists linked to the IR remote:
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jmills8
Previously known as bmiamihk, jmills2
Slam Death Metal on Tube amps.
Redcarmoose
Headphoneus Supremus
Sony Walkman 1A and Oxidized Brass Sony XBA-100 IEM
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Quasimodosbelfry
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Sony Walkman 1A and Oxidized Brass Sony XBA-100 IEM
My Dita Brass to match your XBA-100.
Just got them back from Dita today after I sent them in to be reterminated to 4.4mm.
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First DSD album and I'm hooked
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First DSD album and I'm hooked
That seems to be a super common album to have in as Hi-Res a version as possible among audiophiles!
^Damn! That's quite a collection. I would trade my Mazda for all of them.
jmills8
Previously known as bmiamihk, jmills2
Best midfi line up
My car is not worth any of them as I drive a beater, SoCal traffic, but would trade for it any one of the Sony DAPS. Here's todays Portable setup for me
Budget price, totl sound. You don't necessarily need to pay a fortune to get excellent sound quality 
