On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 13:23:52 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

>> Why USB? A Pi will do audio out without any extras, apart from
>> perhaps a small analogue amplifier. Certainly well enough for a
tiny
>> speakers.
>
> pretty awful PWM shite tho IIRC.

The audio out from a Pi3B+ into a pair of £5 crappy plastic active
(as in they have built in amps) PC speakers is fine. The OP states
he's not after "HiFi" and is limited on space for speakers...

> Not sure whats down the end of the HDMI port either.

What ever is shoved in at the other end. Rip a DVD/Blueray without
reprocessing/transcoding/reencoding WHY you get was on the disc.

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Cheers
Dave.

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