07-02-2020, 06:11 AM
Hi!
I'm understanding that the service from Tim called Moode Audio Player is not free of charge. That is absolutly right. Moode Audio Playes is business and generates revenue. I was glad in the past to pay for Moode Audio Player licences. For me as a customer was a great deal: pay for licences and get some updates for free. But without licence fees, Moode needs another monetarisation. This is the symbiotic business model between ALLO (maybe also other DAC module manufactors) and Moode means: a manufactor has to pay for integration of their products in Moode Audio. This is possible through Tim Curtis intellectual property called Mood Audio Software. Without full knowladge which configuration files and parameters has to be modified for integration of new DAC module in Moode Audio Software, manufactors depends on service provided by Tims gatekeeper business. That is is business model, that maybe works fine.
ALLOs business model means, customer has to pay for any feature, like a stable and exact time base, an extra fee. From technical point of view it is better to have the time base next to dac chip to avoid long signal path. So there others manufactors like IQAudio or MamboBerry or ... that prefers a cleaner technical solution by providing a time base on the same board where the DAC chip is. Unfurtenallity such a smart technical solution don't generates an additional revenue from customer. Bad for manufactor good for customer.
In my first post I have offered my spare time as help for integration HiFiBerry DAC2 HD. Only what I'm asked for, was as small HowTo which files has to be modified for creating a new device in the DAC list and which configurations files hast to be changed. But see above: If my thoughts are right, such a HowTo could destroy the suspected business model and could't be provided...
Regards
Peter
I'm understanding that the service from Tim called Moode Audio Player is not free of charge. That is absolutly right. Moode Audio Playes is business and generates revenue. I was glad in the past to pay for Moode Audio Player licences. For me as a customer was a great deal: pay for licences and get some updates for free. But without licence fees, Moode needs another monetarisation. This is the symbiotic business model between ALLO (maybe also other DAC module manufactors) and Moode means: a manufactor has to pay for integration of their products in Moode Audio. This is possible through Tim Curtis intellectual property called Mood Audio Software. Without full knowladge which configuration files and parameters has to be modified for integration of new DAC module in Moode Audio Software, manufactors depends on service provided by Tims gatekeeper business. That is is business model, that maybe works fine.
ALLOs business model means, customer has to pay for any feature, like a stable and exact time base, an extra fee. From technical point of view it is better to have the time base next to dac chip to avoid long signal path. So there others manufactors like IQAudio or MamboBerry or ... that prefers a cleaner technical solution by providing a time base on the same board where the DAC chip is. Unfurtenallity such a smart technical solution don't generates an additional revenue from customer. Bad for manufactor good for customer.
In my first post I have offered my spare time as help for integration HiFiBerry DAC2 HD. Only what I'm asked for, was as small HowTo which files has to be modified for creating a new device in the DAC list and which configurations files hast to be changed. But see above: If my thoughts are right, such a HowTo could destroy the suspected business model and could't be provided...
Regards
Peter
