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dsnyder0cnn
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Jan 6, 2018
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RareAirs
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dsnyder0cnnI clicked on the link and can’t find a good picture of how these connect to a pc with that DAC. Is there a USB port on the side? Also is their on optical out? (I can’t find the info on the website)
Raymondbl
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RareAirsI might be wrong, but it looks to me like HiFiBerry is a board which connects to the GPIO pins on a Raspberry Pi. Definitely no optical ports. If you don't want to use a Raspberry Pi as a standalone system, I think you're better off getting something else.
dsnyder0cnn
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Jan 6, 2018
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RareAirsThe HiFiBerry DAC bundle includes a PC...well...sort-of It's a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B small board computer. For a completely standalone system with the HiFiBerry bundle I linked above, you would simply flash the microSD card with Volumio and then stream to it from your mobile device using DLNA (eg. BubbleUPnP or similar). You could also have it index your music collection a NAS or USB attached drive.
The most effective way that I've found to use these Raspberry Pi based streamers is to, instead, flash the microSD card with DietPi and install Roon Bridge. They then become a Roon output/zone. Roon provides a much nicer interface, advanced DSP options, and better sound quality. Of course, this requires a 2nd PC (eg., Intel NUC) that's running Roon Server and attached to the same local area network as your Raspberry Pi(s). Once you have set up two or three of these zones, the power and flexibility of a centralized server starts to make sense. Think of it as "Plex for hi-fi audio" if you like.
Hope this helps.
The most effective way that I've found to use these Raspberry Pi based streamers is to, instead, flash the microSD card with DietPi and install Roon Bridge. They then become a Roon output/zone. Roon provides a much nicer interface, advanced DSP options, and better sound quality. Of course, this requires a 2nd PC (eg., Intel NUC) that's running Roon Server and attached to the same local area network as your Raspberry Pi(s). Once you have set up two or three of these zones, the power and flexibility of a centralized server starts to make sense. Think of it as "Plex for hi-fi audio" if you like.
Hope this helps.
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I'll probably do something like this with my LSR30X once they arrive.