Update: Streaming Music
I subscribe to Tidal (see also), a music streaming service with tens of
thousands of albums streaming in CD-quality or higher.
Recently, I have also set up a Roon Optimized Core Kit (ROCK) core server on a NUC8i3BEH dedicated to acting as the hub of my in-home
system.
Roon integrates my 3 Raspberry Pi's (see also) and my NAD amplifier with BluOS module into a seamless system and also integrates my own music library with Tidal. Roon now also makes available a large number of Internet 'Radio' stations for playing. A couple of my favourites are TSF Jazz in Paris and the Evergreen Channel at King FM 98.1
So, using the Android Roon app (also available for Apple),
I can play the same thing in one, two or three locations simultaneously or a different track in each. And if I search for something, it looks both on Tidal and in my library (NAS) and presents the results in an intuitive way ... Tidal items show the Tidal icon beside those from that source.
After a couple of years of annual use, I've opted for a lifetime licence to Roon.
And I run RoPieee on 2 of my Raspberry Pi's. My older Pi won't support RoPieee, so I use DietPi on it..
The Bluesound module in my NAD amplifier is so-called 'Roon-ready' so as soon as I had Roon core running and downloaded the Roon app to my tablet, I was able to play to my NAD. Like I say, the whole thing is seamless.
Roon + Raspberry Pi + HiFiBerry + RoPieee (DietPi) is a killer system in my humble opinion.
P.S. Bluesound wireless digital audio, NAD electronics , and PSB speakers are Canadian products marketed worldwide by The Lenbrook Group of Companies
Roon integrates my 3 Raspberry Pi's (see also) and my NAD amplifier with BluOS module into a seamless system and also integrates my own music library with Tidal. Roon now also makes available a large number of Internet 'Radio' stations for playing. A couple of my favourites are TSF Jazz in Paris and the Evergreen Channel at King FM 98.1
So, using the Android Roon app (also available for Apple),
I can play the same thing in one, two or three locations simultaneously or a different track in each. And if I search for something, it looks both on Tidal and in my library (NAS) and presents the results in an intuitive way ... Tidal items show the Tidal icon beside those from that source.
After a couple of years of annual use, I've opted for a lifetime licence to Roon.
And I run RoPieee on 2 of my Raspberry Pi's. My older Pi won't support RoPieee, so I use DietPi on it..
The Bluesound module in my NAD amplifier is so-called 'Roon-ready' so as soon as I had Roon core running and downloaded the Roon app to my tablet, I was able to play to my NAD. Like I say, the whole thing is seamless.
Roon + Raspberry Pi + HiFiBerry + RoPieee (DietPi) is a killer system in my humble opinion.
P.S. Bluesound wireless digital audio, NAD electronics , and PSB speakers are Canadian products marketed worldwide by The Lenbrook Group of Companies
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