I agree that cics surface wakens associations with an 80ies OS. But I didn't care- sound was the goal. After I've discovered this mini computer player distro's like volumio and now rune audio I decided to quit with cics player.
I have to admit that I didn't tune it to the very end.
Fact is, that volumio and especially rune audio 0.3 sounds better than the cics player in the level I have achieved. Even with the pi. What doesn't mean that cics system isn't further improvable. But the really superb sound quality of rune audio 0.3 for example is much more easier to get! And it's cheap.
The fact, that we can get this quality of audio playback out of such small, cheap devices as the pi, makes me dreaming of the very big thing. I think, that a windows motherboard would have lost the race in the end because of the above mentioned reasons. It's uncomparably higher power cosumption and the much more complex structure are the knock out factors as I think.
Unfortunately i'm lacking coding skills. I'm able to use info in the fores to make some changes- that's all. Otherwise I would be able to contribute to this amazing thing. I'm a hardware man with knowledge based on tube amplifiers and loudspeakers.
But interest concerning audio quality is at maximum level in any area
Greetingz
