Euphony OS w/Stylus player setup and issues thread

5 hours ago, drjimwillie said:

Does anyone have any experience with this error message?

..yes ignore it ;-)
From time to time it happends that Euphony is not able to buffer the song to the ram and stream the song normal...

Thank you for the reply.

so I guess you and others are seeing the same error message.

it has been happening intermittently for a while. I was hoping that the next release would have cured it.

hopefully the next release will fix this issue.

it didn’t used to be an issue.

Recently I was rearranging my UPnP end point. Euphony doesn't like that and is refusing to allow me to see the new setup. Robert from support says:

" When you deactivated UPNP then it is difficult to go back. We are preparing update (soon to be available) which will enable restoring scan of UPNP after deactivation. "

Just in case others are facing this issue..

Is it just me or is Euphony server down? Can’t boot

8 hours ago, flkin said:

Is it just me or is Euphony server down? Can’t boot

Hi @flkin

No problems on my install.

It's not their server, it's my system. An external Euphony USB with 202305 boots fine. Tried to do the "repair" into both partition 2 and 3, but the internal drive still doesn't boot normally.

Waiting for them to remote in and look around. I really wouldn't want to reinstall fresh again having recently been forced to do so. Takes a weeks work messing around to get the music back in place (in all the wrong order), missing covers, album splits back together again despite no obvious reason and settings back up to normal again. Just too much work.

On 9/24/2024 at 10:34 AM, flkin said:

I really wouldn't want to reinstall fresh again having recently been forced to do so.

Twice in a row or not? Same reason or a PinkFaun problem? Hope it went well for you. 

Hey Paul, it was for a different reason this time. For no apparent reason, the internal 20240701 just wouldn’t boot up. But an external usb drive with 20230531 worked fine. 
 

Tried the repair process from USB to internal but that didn’t help. Finally used another internal drive for the boot. Asked Robert to remote in to check that partition but he refused, saying the second internal drive caused boot confusion. Hmmm
 

I think it’s not something affecting others here. All a moot point soon as Pink Faun has their own OS in beta and I’m hoping to try that once it’s ready. 

8 hours ago, flkin said:

All a moot point soon as Pink Faun has their own OS in beta and I’m hoping to try that once it’s read

Ooh, tell us more…

I keep coming back here to figure out what exactly happened to Euphony, or more precisely, what is the vision behind this once and still stellar software—at least in audio terms. Should we let go of it, as I did, and as PinkFaun seems to as well, or is it still worth holding onto? For those of you wondering where they are headed, this August 10, 2024 article might be an interesting (if not bewildering) read. I’m curious to hear your thoughts! 
 

STEPPING BACKWARDS TO MOVE FORWARD IN MY DIGITAL STREAMING SYSTEM

Tom Gibbs  August 10, 2024

(…) Here’s where the Mozzaik upsampler comes into the picture. With Devcic having been an active participant in its developmental trials, and with almost two years of evaluation of the Mozzaik software in combination with Euphony equipment, he and Dalibor are impressed with its capabilities, and especially its musicality.(…)

(…) In effect, what Dalibor was asking me to do was remove nearly $8000 in equipment from my system, and replace it with a DAC only slightly larger than a deck of cards that retails for $150. Adding insult to injury, I’d also be removing the i²S connection and replacing it with what I regarded as an inferior connection—USB. (…)

(…) Compared to my previous digital source system with either the E70 Velvet or Gustard X26 Pro DACs, the sound of DSD files was now mind-bogglingly good. (…)

(…) Euphony is in the process of building a statement, single-box streaming solution that will include dual motherboards to separate the streaming and server functions as in their dual-box Summus/Endpoint setup. The new system will also include the latest implementation of Mozzaik’s software, which will upsample everything to DSD128.(…)

On 9/29/2024 at 6:18 AM, flkin said:

All a moot point soon as Pink Faun has their own OS in beta and I’m hoping to try that once it’s ready. 

According to this FB post from Australia it is released since September:

https://www.facebook.com/PuraAu/photos/pink-faun-high-end-audio-has-to-be-one-of-the-hardest-working-companies-in-audio/977860857472361/?_rdr

Pink Faun cured me of Euphony. Grimm moved me forward from there. First the MU1 and now the MU2. Solid stuff.

1 hour ago, aangen said:

Pink Faun cured me of Euphony.

Pink Faun cured themselves of Euphony too. At least this is my understanding. AFAIK, the new Pink Faun OS is not Euphony based and sounds superior. 😎

will the Pink Faun OS also availabe for non Pink Faun customers?

On 9/30/2024 at 7:52 PM, di-fi said:

I’m curious to hear your thoughts! 

After reading this my gut feeling says: Run away from Euphony... 😎

19 minutes ago, abase said:

will the Pink Faun OS also availabe for non Pink Faun customers?

I don't think so but ask PF directly...

Does PF charge yearly subscription for their software?

44 minutes ago, Tokyokyoto said:

Does PF charge yearly subscription for their software?

AFAIK, if you buy a PF streamer the software is included.

I am not aware that they sell their software without streamer.

I've long since fled Euphony, although my subscription is still valid until the end of November.
I use AudioLinux: Roon and HQPlayer. I'm happy with everything.

10 hours ago, flkin said:

I'm desperately waiting to get an update from Jord about this. Euphony today already sounds very good once tuned so for PF to say they've managed to come up with something better is really something special. More so since the new OS works with Roon - finally I can get all my music together, sorted by added date! 

I must admit it is very strange:

Some say the new OS has been launched several weeks ago and others say it is still in beta.

I think Jord should clarify.