Dees06
Active Member
I'm in need of recommendations for my digital source/setup. I mainly utilize Spotify to stream music via various iDevices and my laptop, and I have quite a bit of time invested in building playlists. I do occasionally listen to a cd or music saved to a hard drive. I have a Linux based laptop for those duties and roughly 200gb of saved high res files. I don't do any critical listening and want to build a suitable system to provide reasonable "mid-fi" sound while I'm studying. I am building a set of diy full range speakers and already have a tpa3116 to drive them. With that in mind, I want to put together something a little bit better than just a headphone jack connection between the amp and my iDevices or laptop. I was thinking about a DAC like the Schiit Modi and connecting directly to a source I already have, build a Raspberry pi based source with a DAC add-on like the Hifiberry and using volumio to manage streaming and saved music on a SD card, or putting together a Chromecast --> amp system with streaming via wifi from an existing source. I would also like to have the capacity to add on or upgrade later if I want without having to start from scratch. Budget is around $100 and that is a major factor in those options above.
With all that in mind, is one of those options superior to the others or it just a pick 'em? I guess I'm asking "what's the best way to spend a $100 to get the best sound from streaming Spotify premium on the highest resolution and saved high resolution files?"
With all that in mind, is one of those options superior to the others or it just a pick 'em? I guess I'm asking "what's the best way to spend a $100 to get the best sound from streaming Spotify premium on the highest resolution and saved high resolution files?"