[Voyage-linux] Re: voyage-mpd and Ayre QB9

[Frank Lübeck]

On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 02:50:59AM +0800, Punky Tse wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I follow this issue these days since it is not only one user having
> problem.  Today, I have contacted Ayre's Hong Kong distributor for
> Ayre technical contact but I am still waiting for their replies.
> Right now, I have updated voyage mpd page (linux.voyage.hk/mpd) for
> NOT RECOMMEDING Ayre DB9 to use with Voyage MPD until issue is
> resolved.

Hi Punky,

This seems reasonable to me. I now got another "hold"-message from Ayre,
they want to investigate the problem, in particular since now several 
customers have complained about the problem!

Since someone mentioned success with voyage+QB-9 in class 2 mode:
Unfortunately didn't work for me. I have tested current voyage-mpd,
new and old Ubuntu, Fedora 14, and the QB-9 both, in class 1 and class 2 
mode, but always the same result.

I have now a solution for me using the Alix board and OpenBSD with a patched
kernel (also didn't work out of the box). This only has a USB audio class 1 
driver, but it is a very clean and slim system with a simple audio interface,
very good sound from the QB-9.
(So, I'm happy to throw away my instable Win XP.)

Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to test the Linux drivers after a solution
to the problem was found. 

Best regards,
   Frank