On Fri, 23 Aug 2019 08:20:29 +0100
The Natural Philosopher  wrote:

> I havent tried but I can assure you that cheap amps to drive headphones
> will be of low quality.

 There are some surprisingly good (not great) op-amp based ones (Cmoy
derivatives) that aren't too expensive especially as kits.

> And the DACs in pis are cheap and nastry tech too.

 That they are.

> The HDMI should be pure digital and of far higher quality

 Depending on the DAC it meets.

> If you want quality *analogue* audio, get a decent DAC.

 Or start analogue and keep it that way which is *much* more
expensive and doesn't work when a computer is involved.

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