pkfox wrote: > Hi there, you make some very interesting observations, as someone who > has just built a Ras Pi solution ( server and player on the same box ) I > can vouch that all the bits we need to build a very good substitute for > Squeezboxes et al are available, as are ready built players. I think > what would stop me investing in a business to build a Ras Pi or other > such board player is the way people listen to music these days has > changed. I speak to lots of people who like music, but unlike me are not > obsessed with quality and owning their own huge collection. They don't > have or want an expensive hi fi - they have iPhone docks or a Sonos or a > PC hooked up to Spotify playing back through cheap speakers ( shudder ) > I think we people here are a dying breed ( certainly the audiophiles > among us ) . The server software will work for ever and there will > always be clever people making good affordable hardware boards , I was a > bit skeptical when building my Pi with a Hifiberry pro DAC but was ( and > still am ) blown away by the sound quality. Just my two cents.
This is indeed an interesting debate. The RaspBerry Pi route is by virtue of the low cost of the Pi a bit of an oddity. It is hi-fi but at a very budget price. Aufiofools like big ticket prices (I am not being facetious here) so other than those who are already wedded to LMS the rest of the Audiofool community is bound to go elsewhere. What someone really needs to do is to build a really really expensive Pi & Dac option with a high quality really nice looking case and fancy power supply and flog it in the Hi-Fi mags. *Vortexbox LMS 7.8 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 - > Celestion Ditton F20s - Zone 2 -> Sony TA FE 320 -> Sennheiser RS 130 & B&W P7 *Office* - RPi -> Sony TA FE320 -> Celestion F10s / SB3 -> Onkyo CRN 755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch -> Topping TP21 -> AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - Amazon Fire TV (SB Player) -> Topping TP20 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104714 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
