get a Raspberry pi3 Model B with the Pi-DAC+ card. Has a Burr Brown chip in it and sound's superb. Total to build it is under 100GBP. Install Raspian lite from SDCard them get mOOde Audio Player or similar and connect to your LAN / Removable Drives, etc and the line out to an input on your amp and you're good to go, runs headless once setup.
I like this solution for streaming from removable drives, etc. but is there support in this configuration for Tidal?
For the Rasberry Pi users, tell me how you change your metadata & tag info, and how you transfer music quickly over to it ?
I've just ordered a Pi-Fi DAC for £14.59. It's got a BB PCM5122 DAC on it
I like this solution for streaming from removable drives, etc. but is there support in this configuration for Tidal?
Can't speak to the actual definition, but basically it runs automatically without having to execute it inside the OS. If you get a pi and load something like volumio it just fires up the appilcation when you turn on the pi. It is the only thing running on it.what does run headless refer to? i'm sorry i'm showing my noob status when it comes to rasp pi. i just want to make sure i understand the technology before i purchase.
I use a pi with a hifi berry dac and volumio into my integrated and it works great.
what does run headless refer to?
Is it possible to run the pi into a separate DAC?
Cheap (£5.60) USB PCM2704 DAC/SPDIF also arrived
Thanks cpt! I'm sure the Rasp Pi DAC Cards wont compete with a complete product such as a DAC from PS Audio or the like but has anyone compared a Pi-DAC+ or HiFiBerry DAC to something like the Topping D30, Schiit, or similar?
Also, any attractive box ideas for the Pi and PI-DAC ?
One correction, I actually have the dac+ pro that has its own clocks built into it. I used the hifiberry case but there are some universal ones on Amazon that are supposed to work as well. The hifiberry case is nice though. Also, you might want to stay away from metal cases as they supposedly block the wifi signal to the pi which would hobble remote access to the pi from phones, pc's, etc.Right on! I think i'll try the dac+
now to find an attractive case for it ...
actually have the dac+ pro