However, I was a little underwhelmed by both Bubble UPnP as the end point and JPLAY Femto Server as the library handler. I also felt that the image stretched beyond the speakers in all boundaries it felt closer to me at the listening position, with individual instruments and voices taking on clearer image positions that reached towards me, deeper into my listening room. And a greater sense of depth of image, with a more rock-solid stereo image presented in front of me. But the sound quality, was, well, pretty outstanding! With no A-to-B comparisons yet, I felt there was a greater sense of openness, clarity, and transparency in everything I played versus the previous incarnation of JPLAY. I noticed right away that the highest DAC Link setting I could achieve seamless playback and functionality with DSD files with was about the middle of the settings range. I do listen to a reasonable selection of DSD files from my library I consider (thus far) DSD playback to be the ne plus ultra of digital audio reproduction. Marcin recommended downloading Bubble UPnP onto my Android tablet for use with JPLAY Femto getting away from the ad-filled version cost me about $7 USD-a small price to pay to get away from all that advertising crap! So, in the usual fashion, a USB connection from my computer to my DAC (the PS Audio Gain Cell DAC/Pre) was made, and directly I was effortlessly playing music from my library. The choices offered in terms of genre or artist search for your music files was intuitive and elegant and untouched by anything else I'd tried. I'd been using MinimServer, which Marcin recommended for use with JPLAY I really liked its ease of use and functionality, but especially adored its library management when used with a good end point controller like Bubble DS. The new iteration-he informed me-used a new UPnP music server software of their own creation, JPLAY Femto Server, and offered a significant increase in musicality over the DLNA choices previously available. Whereas JPLAY in its original configuration used a DLNA configuration for music streaming, Marcin informed me that JPLAY Femto now uses UPnP. You can read my original review of JPLAY HERE. While my currently-in-use digital setup still is governed by the Sonore UltraRendu streamer/renderer, it's always been instructive and informative to make sound comparisons between sources, etc., with JPLAY-it's that good, and darn close in sound to the very best I've heard. Would I be interested in taking a listen? Of course, was the answer-JPLAY has definitely been my go-to software choice for making baseline comparisons between DACs, servers and other music playing software-its ease of use, superb musicality and rock-solid performance makes it a no-brainer for me. Works with foobar2000 v1.Marcin Ostapowicz of JPLAY contacted me a couple of months ago JPLAY had just released the latest iteration of their superb computer-based music playing system, now billed as JPLAY Femto. Supported processor architecture: x86 32-bit. Control a Linn Ds product including making playlists, switching sources, etc. Control foobar2000 playback from an iPhone, WMP12, or any other Control Point. Push audio from either your local foobar2000 Media Library or another UPnP Media Server to WMP12, an iPhone (PlugPlayer) or another foobar2000 instance on the network. Use the server to stream audio to a PS3, XBOX360 (using their interface), iPhone (PlugPlayer) specific support Linn Ds product: handle Playlist sources for on-device playlist management and other analog sources (volume control only) integration with the Media Server to serve locally managed audio control playback of UPnP Av Media Renderers (similar to Windows7 "Play to" feature) browse and play music via the Internet from another foo_upnp Media Server, with optional transcoding to mp3 to save bandwidth browse remote Media Servers for local playback or remote playback to an UPnP Renderer on the network works well when accessed from WMP12 (possibly also with WMP11, untested). accessible from the Internet (only from foobar2000 or an iPhone/iTouch with PlugPlayer). powerful per device streaming options, to adapt audio format to the capabilities of the remote playing device.Ĭonversion to WAV or LPCM, transcoding to mp3, resampling, replaygain, bitdepth conversion, conversion to stereo, DSP chain. Media Servers such as formats with CUE files, game music formats, audio files in archives, cd-audio, DTS, HDCD. That includes formats generally not supported by most standalone stream almost any audio format playable by foobar2000. expose the foobar2000 Media Library, playlists and "what is currently playing" (still experimental) UPnP/DLNA Renderer, Media Server, Control Point
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