I have 4 picoreplayers up and running, 3 using the onboard RPI audio, and 1 using a Schiit Modi USB DAC
the 3 using the onboard audio have been flawless for about a week now, no lockups of any kind, sound quality is not great though, there is an audible hiss when sound is turned very low or when the music is paused, when the squeezelite player is powered off via the logitech media center web interface the hiss goes away. With the Schiit Modi USB DAC the sound is noticeably nicer, no hissing at all on low volumes or when paused, and also the sound output is much louder compared to the picoreplayers that use the onboard RPI audio, the AMP connected to the USB DAC is turned up to only about half the volume level of the other AMPs to get the same level of music loudness. However the Schiit Modi USB DAC is more unstable. If the squeezelite player is left powered on and paused for a long period (multiple hours or more) when you unpause it the audio output gets all screwed up.... it repeats the same 1/2 second over and over, then advances a few seconds in the track, then repeats the same 1/2 second over and over, etc... so it sounds like Na Na Na Na Na Na Na .. Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha .. Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba .. etc The only way to get it working again without restarting squeezelite or rebooting the RPI is to power off the squeezelite player via the logitech media center web interface and wait about 5-10 seconds, and then power it back on play something. I think I would buy USB DACs for the other 3 picoreplayers as the audio quality improvement is quite dramatic, but stability is my top priority. I plan on using the alarm clock functionality for my bedroom zone so I can't have audio lockups like that. Maybe there is another USB DAC that provides better stability with picoreplayer? From what I read using the hifiberry seems like the way to go, but I have no soldering experience and there doesn't seem to be a nice case for sale that can hold the RPI + hifiberry combo. I am looking more for something that is ready to use out of the box so USB DAC seems more like the way to go. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mikeybs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62630 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97803 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
