I missed the whole LMS phenomenon while immersed in Meridian's networked audio. Now I have friends who want 24/96 streaming but don't like spending money and certainly won't pay for Roon, so I'm looking into downloadable software to emulate SBT hardware. So far, I've tried Squeezelite and also Volumio running on Raspberry Pi.

I find that LMS control via iPeng is fine even though I've not managed to successfully pass MQA. Any ideas?

The Volumio interface, always via browser, is better and it does deliver MQA bit perfect, but they charge a modest fee to integrate TIDAL (unlike Logitech which allows you to tie in subscription services along with their website for free).

Are there other Hitchhikers who have already traveled this road to guide me?

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