A new moOde user here and a pretty happy one so far!
I run it on a RPi4 with Pi2AES.
Based purely on SQ, I prefer moOde to Volumio.
I do not use streaming services as I prefer playing local files for reasons of availability (my strange music taste) and SQ. So I did some listening tests, playing from:
(1) pc (JRiver or UPplay) to pi2aes UPnP
(2) nas
(3) usb drive connected to the pi2aes with a 15m fiber based usb cable
(4) local usb drive
(5) sd card (the same one containing the os)
The perceived SQ increased from (1) to (5).
Therefore I decided to boot from a tiny usb stick rather than from the sd card and now use the latter as dedicated music storage (so no os).
Due to this nonstandard practice, the usb drive with the os is now listed as 'SDCard' in moOde. Can this be changed? No big deal of course.
Also copying files to the sd card seems a little faster this way.
Anyone else doing this?
Network is CAT6-fiber-CAT6 with the PS of the downstream fiber-ethernet converter (currently a battery pack) especially important! But as always: the best network is no network, and deactivating the network when moOde is playing results in the best (open, smooth, relaxed) SQ. So that is what I do when playing longer playlists. I ordered an AC plug with RF remote that will enable me to turn on and off the downstream converter (and thus the network) from my easy chair.
Also I have done some of the optimizations documented elsewhere by changing the config.txt file, such as underclocking, disabling wifi, bt, hdmi, network led's, etc.
I run it on a RPi4 with Pi2AES.
Based purely on SQ, I prefer moOde to Volumio.
I do not use streaming services as I prefer playing local files for reasons of availability (my strange music taste) and SQ. So I did some listening tests, playing from:
(1) pc (JRiver or UPplay) to pi2aes UPnP
(2) nas
(3) usb drive connected to the pi2aes with a 15m fiber based usb cable
(4) local usb drive
(5) sd card (the same one containing the os)
The perceived SQ increased from (1) to (5).
Therefore I decided to boot from a tiny usb stick rather than from the sd card and now use the latter as dedicated music storage (so no os).
Due to this nonstandard practice, the usb drive with the os is now listed as 'SDCard' in moOde. Can this be changed? No big deal of course.
Also copying files to the sd card seems a little faster this way.
Anyone else doing this?
Network is CAT6-fiber-CAT6 with the PS of the downstream fiber-ethernet converter (currently a battery pack) especially important! But as always: the best network is no network, and deactivating the network when moOde is playing results in the best (open, smooth, relaxed) SQ. So that is what I do when playing longer playlists. I ordered an AC plug with RF remote that will enable me to turn on and off the downstream converter (and thus the network) from my easy chair.
Also I have done some of the optimizations documented elsewhere by changing the config.txt file, such as underclocking, disabling wifi, bt, hdmi, network led's, etc.
