In the bios, adjusting RAM timings, CPU clock rates and disabling all non-essentials is mandatory for a good audio server.īut none of this means anything if you haven't addressed hardware components. But before spending $200 on an OS tweaker there are FAR more important factors to address - bios settings, and of course hardware! You can already do a lot to optimise an OS manually, like disabling services in the registry until there's 10 or so essentials only, not to mention a heap of other manual registry tweaks / group policy edits etc. AudiophileOptimizer goes further, and in Windows Server Core mode (headless) it really comes into its own. Then click on Audio, select an album, and play it.AudiophileOptimizer is great for that final tweak to a Windows operating system in a dedicated audio server. The miniDSP SHD will appear in the left menu: Now quit Media Center and start it again. Choose 'Audiophile 24-bit DAC (PS Audio etc.)' and then click Finish. In the next dialog, check 'Use Media Network to share this library and enable DLNA.'Ī new dialog box will open.

In the sidebar on the left, click on Services & Plug-ins and then on Media Network. In order to stream audio to the miniDSP SHD, you will need to enable JRMC's Media Network functionality. Before proceeding, set the SHD to LAN input: And, of course, that your SHD is connected to your network via its Ethernet port. We'll assume that you've already downloaded JRiver Media Center, installed it, and set it up with a library of music files on your hard drive. It is a commercial program with a 30-day free trial. JRiver Media Center is available for Mac, Windows and Linux. In this app note, we will show you how to use JRiver Media Center (JRMC). There are a number of well-regarded music players that can stream audio to the miniDSP SHD Series over your local area network (LAN).

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