Test: Musikserver SOtM sMS-1000
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le r z u b e d ie n e n , o h n e d e n U m w e g ü b e r
d a s N e t z w e r k n e h m e n z u m ü s s e n . I n
d ie s e m F a ll b e n ö tig e n S ie d e n L A N -
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h ie r f ü r g ib t ’s d a n n a u c h g le ic h m e h -
re re M ö g lic h k e it e n . S e h r n e t t u n d v o r
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Der CD-Schacht ist ganz gut versteckt auf der rechten
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g ib t . I c h h a b e iP e n g a u f d e m iP a d g e -
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re a n e r z u m T r a g e n . W e n n s c h o n e in
C o m p u t e r f ü r d ie F u n k t io n g e n u tz t
w ir d , d a n n m a c h t m a n d e n f ü r H i F i -
Z w e c k e t a u g lic h u n d lä s s t e in p a a r
S a c h e n e in f lie ß e n , d ie in e in e m S t a n -
d a r d - R e c h n e r e b e n n ic h t d r in n e n s in d .
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le r s e in E ig e n n e n n t o d e r u n b e d in g t
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w i l l , m u s s a u f U S B - S c h n it t s t e lle s e t-
z e n , d a s g e h t p e r S / P D I F o d e r A E S /
E B U n a t ü r lic h n ic h t . H i n z u k o m m t ,
d a ss d ie U S B - S c h n it t s t e lle e in e n d e r
k la n g lic h e n
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b e r e it h ä lt .
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lic h r e c h t te u re , d o c h e in w a n d fr e ie u n d
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d e m a n g e s c h lo s s e n e n W a n d le r le ic h t e r
m a c h e n , s ic h v o ll z u e n t fa lt e n . A u f d ie -
se K a r t e s c h ie le ic h s c h o n lä n g e r u n d
h a b e m ir b e r e its v o n e in e m U S - K o ll e -
g e n s a g e n la s s e n , w ie g u t sie in d e r P r a -
x is f u n k t io n ie r t . K l a r , d a ss g e n a u d ie se
P C I - K a r t e im s M S - 1 0 0 0 v e rb a u t is t
u n d ih n s o m it g e ra d e f ü r U S B - D A C s
s e h r in t e r e s s a n t m a c h t .
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I c h w a r e ig e n t lic h s c h o n fe r t ig m it d e m
T e s t , d a k lin g e lt e es a n d e r T ü r , C a r s t e n
H i c k i n g v o m d e u ts c h e n S O t M - V e r -
t rie b s te h t v o r m ir u n d h a t n o c h m a l
d re i k le in e P a k e te u n t e r m A r m . I n d e n
B o x e n b e fa n d e n s ic h d re i k le in e G e -
r ä t c h e n , d ie w ie d ie F a u s t a u fs A u g e
z u m s M S - 1 0 0 0 p a s s e n u n d d e s w e g e n
g e s c h w in d n o c h m it in d ie s e n A r t i k e l
flo g e n .
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1 0 0 - S t r e a m in g - C lie n t , d ie b e id e n a n -
d e re n s in d q u a s i E r w e it e r u n g e n . E in e r
d a v o n is t d a s s c h o n lä n g e r b e i S O t M
e r h ä lt lic h e lin e a r e N e t z t e il, u m d e m
S t r e a m e r s a u b e re n
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k ö n n e n , u n d d e r d r it t e im B u n d e is t
S O t M s
U S B - a u f - S / P D I F - U m s e t z e r
f ü r d ie je n ig e n , d ie m it d e n U S B - A u -
d io - A u s g ä n g e n d e s s M s - 1 0 0 n ix a n -
fa n g e n k ö n n e n . G r u n d le g e n d is t d as
n ä m lic h e in k le in e r M in ic o m p u t e r m it
s tro m s p a re n d e m A R M - P r o z e s s o r , a u f
d e m e in n e tte s , s c h la n k e s L i n u x lä u f t
u n d
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d iv e rs e
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v o r in s t a llie r t h a t . S o is t e r z ie m lic h
u n iv e r s e ll e in s e tz b a r u n d p a s s t s ic h g e -
n a u d e m a n , w a s S ie z u H a u s e n u t z e n
w o lle n . E r f u n g ie r t a ls U P n P - C li e n t ,
A ir p la y - C li e n t u n d A b s p ie le r f ü r d e n
u n t e r L i n u x s e h r b e lie b te n M u s ic P la -
y e r D a e m o n . A u ß e r d e m is t e r, u n d d as
Die drei kleinen Helferlein: links der USB-Konverter, in der M itte der Streaming-Client
und rechts die empfehlenswerte Stromversorgung
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