FAQs
Contents
- 1 What is a DS player?
- 2 Why does it sound better than the CD12?
- 3 What makes the DS players “open”?
- 4 How does music get onto a standard Ethernet network in the first place?
- 5 How do I get my music onto a NAS?
- 6 When I buys a new CD, how do I rip it onto the NAS?
- 7 I download music from the Internet? Will downloaded music play on the DS players?
- 8 Can my NAS be used by my other networked products, like other music players, or used for other purposes, like storing home videos?
- 9 Should the my NAS be backed up?
- 10 Does the NAS have to be in the same room as the DS player?
- 11 What should I do if my CD collection is too big to fit on one NAS?
- 12 Can I create a DS player multi-room system?
- 13 Should I use wired or wireless Ethernet (Wi-Fi)?
- 14 How should I control a DS player?
- 15 Can other UPnP controllers operate the DS players?
- 16 Can I save playlists that I create using the Linn GUI?
- 17 What audio formats do the DS players support?
- 18 Why does Linn recommend FLAC?
- 19 Why doesn't the DS players support other audio formats (aac, wma, etc)?
- 20 I already have lots of music stored on a hard drive. Do I have to transfer it to a NAS or can I use my existing PC / Mac hard drive?
- 21 I already have a NAS running SlimServer, which I use with Squeezeboxes around my house. Can I also run TwonkyMedia or another UPnP server on the same NAS and access my music from a DS player in one room and Squeezeboxes in the other rooms?
- 22 How do I set up a Computer Network?
- 23 Where can I get training on Computer Networks and Ethernet systems?
What is a DS player?
A DS player is an open, digital music player from Linn. It is a source product, like a CD player, but rather than retrieving music from a CD, it retrieves its music from a standard, Ethernet network.
