05-20-2020, 04:35 PM
Not exactly an answer to your scenario, but close. I am currently using an RPi4 with a spinning, externally-powered USB3 drive holding the music files attached to a USB3 port on the Pi and a Soekris Dac1321 attached to a USB2 port on the Pi. The Pi and the dac are powered by an Allo Shanti. It is the best sound quality I have ever had, and I am only beginning to explore configuration options. @soundcheck (mostly on diyaudio.com) has strongly recommended USB3 SSDs. Maybe I'll go there, but not anytime soon.
