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On Sat, 25 Nov 2017 18:10:31 +0000, D.M. Procida wrote:

> I'm going to need an audio source, so I thought I'd try building my own
> with a Raspberry Pi.
>
> I'll be playing ripped CDs, from a USB flash drive, and Internet radio.
>
> It will certainly be more convenient than having my CD collection spread
> over two locations.
>
> I now have a Raspberry Pi running Volumio, with a board-mounted DAC
> (Allo Boss) and a touch-screen.
>
> It'll run into a Cyrus 1 amplifier and Royd Coniston 2 speakers; I've
> also played it via an older Cyrus 1 and Rogers LS/2s.
>
> None of this is at the high end of hi-fi, but the two systems have been
> happily playing music for nearly 30 years each and I'm happy with them.
>
> With the DAC, the Raspberry Pi is in an uttterly different league. I
> haven't had the opportunity to listen with much attention so far, but it
> sounds clear, unmuddied and noise-free, with no obvious anomalies in the
> output.
>
> The Volumio software is OK - I can live with its deficiencies.
>
> There's no way to play CDs directly via an attached drive; they have to
> be ripped with iTunes first, but I hope some future update to the
> Volumio software might incorporate that.
>
> Daniele

Good feedback on DAC performance.

Loads of ripping software (allegedly) including RythmBox but if you have a
way that works then you might as well stick with it as long as you can rip
to a lossless format such as FLAC.

Cheers


Dave R



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