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Best Distro for Linux audio?

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Wybe:
Thanks for your reply. Forgot to mention that I will use this computer for audio-only.

audiodandy:
Personally I think that the best Linux distro for audio is that one that doesn't do
anything with the digital audio signal.
But only transports the digital signal straight to the external DAC.
So forget Pulse audio, sound cards, etc.
I think that you only need a operating system that is UAC USB compatible, and a DAC
that is also UAC compatible.

I have very good results with an “Intel NUC” with SSD, with Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
with JRiver Media center installed, in combination with an “Audio-Gd Master 7 DAC”

Ubuntu sees the DAC as an external sound device, and transports the digital straight from the kernel to the DAC.
This is the purest and fastest way,
You really should avoid Pulse audio, it's a mess, it's made by the same guy that is now
making “systemd” and that is also something that you don't want in your OS
because it's full of bugs, en potential security issues...

Therefore stick to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (no system-d, and has UAC USB support)

Wybe:
I don't use a usb connection, but connect to my PS Audio streamer with Bridge II using a lan connection. Already a couple of months I'm enjoying my silent audioserver which consists of a Streacom FC10S housing, SSD's, i5 processor, 8GB internal memory with Debian Jessie installed and JRiver MC21 (always the latest stable). The Asus CS-B motherboard that I use has 2 lan connections: one for my home network, the other for a direct link to the Bridge II. I'm very happy with the sonic quality. An audiophile friend that came over to listen to some music, bought and built an exact same copy of the server. JRemote as a control point is the best!

BryanC:

--- Quote from: audiodandy on August 04, 2016, 06:26:52 am --- You really should avoid Pulse audio, it's a mess, it's made by the same guy that is now
making “systemd” and that is also something that you don't want in your OS
because it's full of bugs, en potential security issues...

--- End quote ---

Nonsense. I'll take up the defense of Lennart here. He has provided solutions to some of the oldest and most fundamental issues in the Linux environment. If his solutions were as terrible as you are pretending they are, EVERY major distro would not have abandoned the alternatives.

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