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2wo:
The vast majority of my listening is digital, I have a kitten named Havoc, playing a lp can be very exciting.
 I started out with the first few versions of Squeezbox, still use one for the workshop. I wanted to play with DAC's so I built a Vortexbox, a free Linux app that ran  the same Slimserver I was used to. I was blown away by how easy it was to set up and get playing and it has been serving me brilliantly for, yikes maybe 13,14 or more years. So needless to say it is a bit long in the tooth, there are no updates and the hardware has got to be over a hundred in dog years. So I want to move on before a cap gives up and the music stops.

I have always wanted to play with the Raspberry Pi and have been doing a little research, can't say I have been keeping up with all that is out there. I was thinking a Pi and Pi core player and keep the same Silmserver or whatever they call it now.

I wanted to ask the community to see if there was a compelling reason to not try this or if they had a better option, easy is better ;)...John
 

oguinn:
I’ve been considering it, except most of my current playlists are in Apple Music, which doesn’t play well with anything not made by Apple. This is a pretty good primer, and has lots of people’s perspectives included:

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/dummies-guide-to-pi2aes-throw-away-your-pc-or-laptop.8878/

Jamier:
John, I have no experience with those devices but, I noticed the other day a Raspberry Pi 4 music server, DIY sort of thing at Transcendent Sound. Just open the products page and it’s at the bottom. The claimed investment is 150 bucks. Sounds like it could be a bargain.

Jamie

Deke609:
For "easy", check allo dot com. I currently use their USBridge Sig, flashed with Ropiee as a Roon "bridge" between my music server (Intel NUC) and my DAC.  They make all kinds of RPI-based audio products capable of running various apps, including Volumio which I think just needs a music storage device (no computer/server) and is compatible with AirPlay and lots of other stuff. Their stuff is pretty much plug and play.

Compared to many of their competitors, Allo's prices are fairly reasonable and even competitive with (or even cheaper than) diy. I believe they make and ship everything in/from India.

There's tons of discussion about their products online.  This guy has some video reviews about them: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR4tuhqPppVp-PD0q17sPEA -- and if you search his channel you can find lots of useful info about RPI-based audio systems. Also check out Audiophilestyle dot com - a forum for discussion of all kinds of "computer-based" audio systems.

cheers, Derek

Zimmer64:
Hi,

I am using 3 Pi's with Hifiberry Dac hats around the house to stream music to. Works flawlessly and you have multiple options of software to run on it. I use them as endpoints for my ROON setup using RoPieee. Never looked back.

Michael

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