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REPLY:  d5650641

PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
XPost: uk.rec.audio

RJH  wrote:

> > 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.
> >
>
> I'm interested in putting one of these together. When you say different
> league - compared to what? The Pi on its own without the DAC?

Exactly.

It's not really a fair comparison of course, because with the Pi on its
own I was using its headphone amplifier as a line-level source, as well
its internal DAC/clocks/etc. Upgrading any one of those would have made
an improvement, but the dedicated board upgrades them all.

I'd like to see how it compares with my CD player (some Cyrus model I
bought second hand). I also want to see whether it makes a difference to
Internet radio streams, despite the lower-quality source.

Up to now I've been using a Roku SoundBridge, which I've had for about
15 years. It struggles with higher bit-rate streams sometimes, like
Radio 3's.

When I'm going to find the time to play the golden ears and do all this
comparing, I don't know.

Daniele

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