BACK TO BASICS Part 2: Music servers & network streamers

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What does a network streamer do? What does a music server do? Let’s go back to basics.

Seen in this video:

Sonos Connect:
https://www.sonos.com/en-nz/shop/conn...

Sonos Connect modified by Wyred 4 Sound:
https://darko.audio/2015/12/next-leve...

Sonos Desktop Controller:
https://support.sonos.com/s/downloads...

AURALiC Aries Mini:
https://darko.audio/2016/02/audiophil...

AURALiC Lightning DS:
   • AURALiC Lightning DS for iPhone @ CES...  
   • AURALiC Lightning DS iPad Pro @ RMAF ...  

Intel NUC:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/...

Bluesound Node 2i:
https://darko.audio/2018/10/bluesound...

** CORRECTION: the Node 2i doesn't use UPnP to stream from network servers but Samba/CIFS **

Raspberry Pi:
https://darko.audio/2020/01/raspberry...

ALLO DigiOne:
https://darko.audio/2017/08/allos-dig...

PiCorePlayer:
https://www.picoreplayer.org/

INNUOS ZENith MKII SE:
https://darko.audio/2017/10/richer-so...

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Further listening...

Why isn’t digital audio “just ones and zeroes”?
https://darko.audio/2018/11/why-isnt-...

What is electrical noise and how does it affect your DAC?
https://darko.audio/2019/03/what-is-e...

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