If your Wi-Fi is dicey, there’s also an Ethernet connection for wired internet.īoth a mini Toslink optical cable and 3.5mm to RCA analog cable come in the box, a nice touch since it lets you get going right away. The inputs allow you to stream sources plugged directly into the streamer’s rear, which helps if your receiver or speaker has limited inputs (like the SpinBase, for example).
ANDOVER AUDIO SONGBIRD PLUS
The Songbird also has a nice compliment of connections for such a compact unit, boasting optical digital ins and outs, plus analog in/outs. This will help keep it out of the way if space is tight, and there’s no reason it can’t be used with any audio stand. As I said before, it was originally designed to work with Andover Audio’s SpinBase, and if you purchase the matching Spinstand, they also provide a piece of velcro to attach to the stand. What we love: The Songbird is super-compact (H:3.25″ W: 3.41″ D: 1.02″), which means you can stash it in any tight space. It’s available right now over on the Andover Audio website, as well as Amazon.ĭisclaimer: The Songbird was sent to us by Andover Audio in exchange for our honest opinion. It also sounds excellent, which makes it a great value. It also streams files from a network drive, Apple Airplay, or Bluetooth. This affordable, compact device has both digital and analog outputs that will connect to any component, plus it streams all the major music services (TIDAL, Qobuz, Spotify). However, it’s actually a great budget streamer for anyone who wants to bring high-quality network audio to their hi-fi system. The new $149 Songbird Music Streamer is marketed as another source option for the SpinBase. By the way, the companion SpinDeck Turntable (also $299) is a nice match for that remarkable powered speaker. I really liked their SpinBase Turntable Speaker System ($299) so much I made it our Product of The Year for 2020. They’ve put out some sensational gear over the last couple of years. Once DIGI32 is in production, we will certainly take your advice to contact Amir and also take the opportunity to send him a CORE32 pre-loaded with 24/96 test tones so he can try using LMS as an alternative source to Roon.Andover Audio This simple music streamer gives you a whole lotta music for just a little bit of dough… But you will also notice that even using Airplay, DIGI32 still massively outperforms the product you referred to. To prove the point, take a look at screen shots of our own measurements, you will see that the plot using Airplay is inferior to a 24 bit stream. I would not regard streaming 16 bit from Roon using Airplay as ideal, but Philip says that this is fine, providing that you accept lower performance verses 24 bit.
You are clearly right on both counts, namely that ASR do review digital output devices and also that DIGI32 will dramatically out-perform the device shown in the link you provided. Thank you very much indeed for following up on this. Amir is very biased toward Roon, but perhaps if he had a super simple LMS server device to test, as well.Īn example review of a (poorly performing) Linkplay device review, with digital output measured: If yours can significantly outperform the dozens of Linkplay-based devices out there (most of which perform miserably), word would spread quickly, as ASR has significant influence among objective audiophiles. Lot of folks wanting a low cost device that "just works" vs having to build one with a RPi, etc.
Yes, he regularly measures digital outputs of devices that have them. If you want to be one of the first people receiving one please either send us a PM here or sign up on our website to receive a notification once it is in stock. So far it is playing really well and looking like the official release won't be that far away. We have learned from our two previous releases and this time there will be no pre-ordering but just a preview phase. Unlike most consumer graded digital streamers our electrical S/PDIF output is fully isolated to avoid any kind of ground loops ensuring highest signal integrity. It supports all standard resolution up to 96 kHz at 24 bits.
There is a standard optical TOSLINK output along with an electrical S/PDIF one. Instead of a digital-to-analogue converter the DIGI32 features a high performance S/PDIF transceiver chip.Īgain we took utmost care for fine-tune the surrounding audio related circuitry for best performance. Like DAC32 it is based on the ESP32 processor and the fantastic squeezelight-esp32 community software. After DAC32 and CORE32 the DIGI32 is our next family member.
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