On 26/11/17 19:21, RJH wrote:
> On 25/11/2017 18:10, 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.
>>
>
> 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?
>
>
I use RuneAudio on a pi3 to stream my music from a NAS server to a
Marshall speaker in another room, and it works great for me

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