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    Folks looking for some advice.

    I run a cheapo acer lap top with all my CDs ripped lossless utilising fubar as a player (thanks Gary!)

    Spotify premium for streaming-my son installed an app that lets me control the lap top with a HP tablet.

    Im using a very short usb cable (lavri) and TQ Claymore DAC.

    Would a Rpi with suitable power supply (linear?) out perform the lap top?

    Can I get a PI that lets me output usb to the dac and if possible utilise my lossless music from a memory stick.

    Im a computer numptie that was using a long usb with the laptop for years-to great effect....the remote operation with the tablet frees me up to experiment.

    Whats yer thoughts folks?

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    In short: the USB output on the Pi is notoriously flaky. A laptop is probably much better for audio applications.

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    The acer is about a year old and much quieter electrically than the old dell i had been using for years.

    My sons mac is better than the acer but not a grand better!!!

    Just wondered if the pi was a solution.

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    up to you but in your position i would likely get jriver 23. works pretty good. long cable to your dac and the jriver remote app for controlling it. its easy to use and sounds pretty good. wont cost much either
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    Quote Originally Posted by wee tee cee View Post
    The acer is about a year old and much quieter electrically than the old dell i had been using for years.

    My sons mac is better than the acer but not a grand better!!!

    Just wondered if the pi was a solution.
    A pi is a much better solution than a laptop as a dedicated music streamer, but does require the right firmware, and you'll need to see if your particular DAC is supported...the pi is not 'notoriously flaky', but like any USB connection it requires the appropriate drivers.

    I'd recommend piCorePlayer as a very robust O/S providing LMS/Sqeezelite capabilities

    What DAC are you going to use?
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    Quote Originally Posted by WAD62 View Post
    the pi is not 'notoriously flaky'
    Well have to agree to disagree then. The USB ports on the Pi sit on the same bus as its Ethernet chip and are electrically very noisy. I also experienced audio dropouts when Ethernet is active due to bus contention.

    In my experience, a Mac mini was much better than the Pi when used with USB DACs.

    Of course, the Pi is brilliant when used with an SPDIF board or an I2S DAC.

    Just my 2 pennies :-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shovel_Knight View Post
    Well have to agree to disagree then. The USB ports on the Pi sit on the same bus as its Ethernet chip and are electrically very noisy. I also experienced audio dropouts when Ethernet is active due to bus contention.

    In my experience, a Mac mini was much better than the Pi when used with USB DACs.

    Of course, the Pi is brilliant when used with an SPDIF board or an I2S DAC.

    Just my 2 pennies :-)
    Agreed

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shovel_Knight View Post
    Well have to agree to disagree then. The USB ports on the Pi sit on the same bus as its Ethernet chip and are electrically very noisy. I also experienced audio dropouts when Ethernet is active due to bus contention.

    In my experience, a Mac mini was much better than the Pi when used with USB DACs.

    Of course, the Pi is brilliant when used with an SPDIF board or an I2S DAC.

    Just my 2 pennies :-)
    OK point taken...I'll bow to your experience RE. USB

    I'd also second your SPDIF board suggestion, the best I've heard from a pi was via a hifiberry digi+ pro SPDIF board with isolation...
    Cheers, Will

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    Dac is the one built into my TQ claymore that i use as a pre.

    Best dac ive ever tried ,so really want to utilise it with a pi if possible.

    The question regards memory stick with pi-i would rather use solid state than a spinning drive if possible.

    Dont have a clue regards operating systems tbh....or computers in general.

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