Tag: 19. Dezember 2020

NAS-stuff (Part 2): Synology Diskstation DS211/J + Ünnlink 192 + XPenology + ITX-Case

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so, okay, 😉

as i still plan to buy some Topping D50S, S.M.S.L Sanskrit 10th Mk.2 or Topping D10S,

(picture: SMSL Sanskrit 10th MKII, 110$, Amazon->Link )

i´ve meanwhile bought a very simple so called mini-DAC 😉 (just for converting tos/coax to chinch for my home tv) from aliexpress for only 9$ !! (incl.shipping) -> the “Ünnlink 192Khz Digital to Analog Audio Converter Decoder Spdif Toslink Coaxial to Analog Stereo 3.5mm 2RCA DAC with BT for TV”->https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001102727604.html

its a nice little guy 😉 , absolutely no problem with it and u will be surprised how good the audio quality is ! 😉 (and we are here on a self-called “hi-fi”-site 😉 with a lot of tests for hifi-gear) …

u can buy it (him 😉 ) without a problem..

Synology-OS (“DSM”) Part 2:

and as said, as i got meanwhile data-rates up to 60-70MB/s with a non “J“-version i´m absolutely blown away by this wonderful Synology-OS (“DSM”) that i thought about how to get it on “normal” PCs, linux-devices and there is a way/possibility !!

“XPenology” !! ”

Xpenology: The Definitive Guide (2020 Update)

https://xpenology.org/

i don´t know if this is “half-official” or something (although its an “open source”-project) but i will give it a try in the next weeks/months and report about it..

because i like the design from the original Synology-Diskstations (the white ones) very much and because of these great OS i thought i´ve build my own little NAS (and mainly because the greater Synology-DSes are unbelievable expensive !! (in comparison to other PC-parts)) with a little cube + some ITX-boards !! for example)->

Thermaltake CA-1B8-00S6WN-01 Core V1 Mini-ITX Snow Edition PC-Case white->

(around 50$, Amazon->Link:https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B015UDUAKG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&psc=1 )

or “Thermaltake” direct link->https://de.thermaltake.com/core-v1-snow-edition.html )

will post/report more then about it + no worry, i´ll be coming back to the “main-theme” here (modding ESSabre 90xxQ2M/Pro-things) in future !! 😉

but many greets for now and have a nice christmas-time !! 😉

NAS-comparison: Synology Diskstation DS211/J + Zyxel NSA-310 + new category + Ünnlink 192 / Part 1

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hi there ! 😉 ,

first many greets + sorry for not soo much posting here lately..! 

so,okay, as we have our streamer (see last “projects”) with or without Raspberry Pi´s here, (as said for me “Volumio” + Bubble UPNP is the best alternative), and we also have now mostly a lot of Android-Devices (SmartTV, Handy,Tablet etc..) we now have to “feed” them.. 😉  (and at best, “permanent, quiet + energy-efficient”), we have to look at some “Diskstations/NAS-devices”..

I´ve just bought over the last weeks three of them to get into that business in general and to test the usability over all..

First i´ve bought some “Zyxel NSA-310“, 1-bay, e-sata support, cheap, to test..it has a very “rudimentary”/simple interface/gui and i´ve got transfer-rates about 40-50MB/s (Gigabit-network smb) ->got it easy in the network- + u can find it easily with some Android Apps like before mentioned “Bubble UPNP” or “Mediahouse” or similar..

but it was for me a little bit to slow/the gui is too simple..

so i´ve bought next some “Synology Diskstation DS211J” ! ; absolutely in another league/world ! 😉

absolutely great user-interface/Synology-OS (“DSM”), absolutely “massive”-options for sychronizing all your cloud-accounts (GDrive,Dropbox,Box etc.), great tools (“Audio Station”,”Photo Station”,”Cloud-Sync”,”Media-Server”,”Surveillance-Station” etc..) + the according Apps (Android/Apple) for it->”DS Audio”,”DS-Video” etc..

BUT !! : the great downside was the really, really horrible slow hardware !! on this Diskstation(s) !! absolutely slow data-rates (about 40MB/s) + absolutely slow/laggy GUI !!

on these “DS211J” u can do (honestly said) nothing with it->sooo absolutely slow..

I´ve found then, that are tons of different-versions from these Diskstations-> link see here ->https://www.synology-wiki.de/index.php/Welchen_Prozessortyp_besitzt_mein_System%3F, 

and so i´ve bought another one without the “J” (junior)(there are 3 classes->”J”, normal, and “+”) and on these “normal”-version (DS211) u can use the station “fairly”..

so conclusion/hint for it/for you: NEVER buy a “J“-model, absolutely horribly slow, almost unusable.. !!

(more in “Part-2”)->(coming)

greets for now !! 😉