psketch wrote: > To be fair, I must admit I think the perfect platform for PiCorePlayer > is .... an RPi. There are plenty of other boards and platforms that can > run Squeezelite, but the beauty of PiCorePlayer on RPI is a) simplicity > and b) price. For the simplicity (i.e. it just does what it says - > plays music from LMS) I don't need more power. By keeping it just that > simple, it makes it extremely reliable - one of mine has just been > quietly running away in a cupboard for about 4 months now. Then, > there's the price - it's mad cheap. If you're running over HDMI, you > don't need anything else. For pretty decent playback, £20 on a USB DAC > and you're done, or 25 euro for a HiFiBerry DAC. Throw in a half decent > PSU and a case and you've got a great player for £65 - lovely.
Have to agree with this. I've been running a B via HDMI into my AVR and a B with hifiberry into stereo amp, plus an A rigged up in a repurposed battery powered boombox, all have been performing solidly and sound great. I went over a fair few options for multiroom sound have found picoreplayer + rpi to be pretty much unbeatable for simplicity and bang for buck performance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nevillebartos's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63157 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97803
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