Jon T wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've read in several threads how folks have replaced their dead Duet > Receivers with Raspberry Pi's running piCorePlayer. Just a question out > of curiosity: are there any benefits to doing that replacement now even > before the Receiver dies? In other words is the Pi an "upgrade" one > should consider doing because there's something so much better using a > Pi rather than the "stock" receiver? > > Related question: if I'm connecting a Pi receiver to a stereo system and > speakers via RCA jacks, does adding a DAC (like the HiFiBerry) make > enough of a sound quality difference to justify the "upgrade" to a Pi? > Is the sound that much better than the "stock" receiver? > > Jon T.
Highly unlikely to make a difference. Speaker placement and room acoustic treatments would be way more likely to make a difference. So if you're happy now, I'd do nothing. You can always replace the receiver when/if it dies. If you play a lot of hi-res files, this could be a benefit for the rPi (as the duet receiver is limited to 24/48 files). As noted, another benefit is that you could run LMS on the rPi as well with a USB drive attached containing your local music files. I would suggest a DAC hat for the rPi if you use one. I use the hifiberry DAC+ and it works well. *Home:* VBA 4TB (2.5)>LMS 7.9.2>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.4)>LMS 7.9.1>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (ethernet, Radio WIFI) *Office:* Win10(64)>LMS 7.9.2>Squeezelite *The Wild (no internet): *PiCorePlayer 4.0 on rPi 3B+, hifiberry Dac+Pro, 4TB USB (LMS & Squeezelite) *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpa > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111671 _______________________________________________ Duet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/duet
