I’ve been running moode on a RPi 3b with a hifiberry DAC+ pro with separate power for several years and was thinking of upgrading to an RPi 4b just because.
At the time an I2S hat with its own power supply was the way to go and I’ve been happy with it. I’m running through an older Marantz analog stereo amp with no digital inputs (from when they were still made in Japan) and a decent set of Polk tower speakers with good speaker wire. My music library is served from a NAS. It’s by no means an extravagant system but it’s nicer than your average dorm room setup.
I know I’m probably not gaining anything by moving to a Pi4b…just needed another pi for a project so I figured why not. I MAY end up running Homebridge on it if I can get moode and Homebridge to run on the same device….but ultimately since moode occasionally requires a re-image maybe not.
It’s really hard to find good recent info on audio setups though. I’ve read that USB DACs are now better than hats, and I’ve read that they’re not. I’ve read that there are DACs that don’t require an LPS and I’ve read that you still need a decent low noise power supply.
So….given what I currently have and that I’m not looking to spend thousands (or more than I could buy a better non pi-based streaming device for) what would be an upgrade in sound from what I have?
I’ve read that the Allo Boss2 is pretty nice, but is it better than a Hifiberry dac+ pro? Is there something else I should look at?
At the time an I2S hat with its own power supply was the way to go and I’ve been happy with it. I’m running through an older Marantz analog stereo amp with no digital inputs (from when they were still made in Japan) and a decent set of Polk tower speakers with good speaker wire. My music library is served from a NAS. It’s by no means an extravagant system but it’s nicer than your average dorm room setup.
I know I’m probably not gaining anything by moving to a Pi4b…just needed another pi for a project so I figured why not. I MAY end up running Homebridge on it if I can get moode and Homebridge to run on the same device….but ultimately since moode occasionally requires a re-image maybe not.
It’s really hard to find good recent info on audio setups though. I’ve read that USB DACs are now better than hats, and I’ve read that they’re not. I’ve read that there are DACs that don’t require an LPS and I’ve read that you still need a decent low noise power supply.
So….given what I currently have and that I’m not looking to spend thousands (or more than I could buy a better non pi-based streaming device for) what would be an upgrade in sound from what I have?
I’ve read that the Allo Boss2 is pretty nice, but is it better than a Hifiberry dac+ pro? Is there something else I should look at?
