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If I coudn't be bothered with the hassle of building and setting up an RPi solution myself, I would probably go for one of the various ready made jobbies offered by Audiophonics.
This one looks like it would be just the ticket and features the {much raved about) ALLO DiGiOne output board:
Hopefully they can supply one with an English setting
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The Cambridge Azur 851N looks very nice. Looks like the CXN has everything I need, though, and its quite a bit cheaper. Worth the upgrade?
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You need to be the judge of that. The CXN is very good with an excellent interface, but to be honest, I don't think it betters an Rpi with a good audio board. If you are willing to spend a little time setting up an Rpi I doubt you will get a better sound with a CXN. I would say that Allo have the edge at present with either the Digione board (for which you will need a DAC) or one of their complete solutions including a DAC board.Originally Posted by nickbaba
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A cheap PC or Laptop running JRiver or similar.
A LOT less expensive and should do all you want.
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A lot less expensive than a Raspberry Pi and, say, a Digione board? Hardly! In any event the PC approach is far inferior to a RPi setup in terms of SQ.
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I have run both setups and in my opinion absolutely. The Digione operates at a much lower noise level and reveals detail and nuance I have not heard on a pc system or on some very expensive CDPs.Is it?
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Which one are you querying, the Raspberry Pi/Digione combo, or the PC allegedly being inferior to the former in SQ?Is it?
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PCs sounding far inferior...
I’ve tried running a Pi but wasnt for me.
Each to their own though, but imo generalising a bit, sorry Geoff.
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Like the look of this one.If I coudn't be bothered with the hassle of building and setting up an RPi solution myself, I would probably go for one of the various ready made jobbies offered by Audiophonics.
This one looks like it would be just the ticket and features the {much raved about) ALLO DiGiOne output board:
Hopefully they can supply one with an English setting
Audiophonics
Squeezeboxes were so far ahead of their time, shame what happened to them.
Still run one here, great job in the office system.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
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