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I'm tony.
Will,
That is where i fall down but have some help available-just wondered if those in the know reckon the pi as a dedicated server had the edge sonically.
Im not averse to going battery/linear supply if it reaps rewards.
The lap top route has served me well for years, just trying to up the game on a budget if possible.
ive got a pi with battery and laptop. i prefer the laptop, and rarely use the pi these days, but there isnt much in it imv sonically.. go with what your comfortable with
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I use a pi3 as my LMS server, and a couple of pi's with HAT DACs in secondary systems...if you want absolute SQ from the pi then it seems to me that the ALLO SPDIF is the way to go, as mentioned by the others. (I may have to check that out myself )
FWIW I use iFi iPSUs with my pi/HAT DACs (Audiphonics, and IQaudio), and there's an improvement, but as they are secondary systems I'm not going to go any further...let your help have a look at these options...I'd recommend ethernet connectivity for simplicity, and resilience
https://sites.google.com/site/picore.../home/how-to-1
https://volumio.org/
http://moodeaudio.org/
I use picoreplayer, as it integrates into my squeezebox world, I'm still using a SBTouch, Boom, and classic too...
Cheers, Will
Last edited by Sherwood; 20-02-2018 at 17:54. Reason: typos
Location: Troon
Posts: 2,476
I'm tony.
Grant knows me....the computer sides of audio just aint my bag-the lap top/usb suits me fine....just wondered!
Greatly appreciate the contributions folks-just too far out my comfort zone!!
If my good lady cant turn on the hi fi and play tunes when im out at work without a lengthy telephone call then it aint happening.
Thanks folks...
Location: KY - Scotland
Posts: 5,483
I'm Mike.
I have two you could try, one is a Pi with Allo.com Boss DAC with rca out, and I also have an Allo.com Sparky with Piano 2.1 DAC and Kali Reclocker ( broken RCA on one output needs fixing ).
I'm pretty sure the Pi/Boss DAC combo is as good if not better than the TQ DAC, if I remember right
I could have that all set up ready to run for you to plug in and play with only the drive with your files needing to be linked to it.
Let me know.