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The Natural Philosopher   wrote:
>On 22/11/2020 13:18, Dave Liquorice wrote:
>> On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 11:44:51 +0000, Adrian wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking for a simple USB speaker for a Pi 3.  I'm not after HiFi
>>> quality, just something that will play a simple MP3 file when required.
>>
>> 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. Not sure whats down the end of the HDMI
>port either.

HDMI audio is pretty much the same, no matter the source.  For Kodi boxes
and such, HDMI on the RPi will handle multichannel PCM, or pretty much any
lossy or lossless format that your A/V receiver can handle.  It's
indistinguishable from a desktop PC, a standalone Blu-ray or DVD player, or
any other source.

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