RE: RE: [eac] Re: [EAC] Hardware to room play the collection

Jeff wrote:
>> (the Pi Zero) requires soldering to use the HiFiBerry products

That's true, I got one a while back, and it _does_ change the value- another $20 gets a LOT more.

>> a Pi can run the server as well as act as a player

The FAQ's indicated that it won't run on ARM hardware, but maybe there's more to it than that.


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Subject: Re: [eac] RE: [eac] Re: [EAC] Hardware to room play the collection



On 27 May 2016 at 14:13, Gerry Pehl
Gerry.Pehl-krK+l/[email protected]<mailto:Gerry.Pehl-krK+l/[email protected]> [EAC] wrote:

> Jeff- this is brilliant- the missing piece, and with a Pi no
> less! Makes me wonder if I could do it with a Pi zero

My understanding is that the Zero has no built-in
networking whatsoever and requires soldering to use
the HiFiBerry products. So even though that $5
price seems incredibly attractive, it may not be
worth the trouble.

> I can´t thank you all enough- I had been putting the project off
> for years because I thought it would such a deep dive, but just like
> that, I have a _great_ starting point.

Logitech Media Server completely changed the way I
listen to music. In a good way, of course!

I should also point out that a Pi can run the
server as well as act as a player. So you can have
a Pi located in one listening area that both serves
and plays plus one or more others in different
rooms that only play. I have 90,000+ tracks, so I
keep my music on multiple NASes, but if you have a
more sane library you can directly attach a USB
drive.

I've used the HiFiBerry Digi+ and found it solid
enough to work with DTS and AC-3. That's my quick
and dirty check for whether it's bit-perfect. As
of yesterday I'm also using a DAC+ Pro (RCA
outputs) to feed to a quad decoder that only has
analog inputs. I'm very happy with both and
they're very happy with just about anything you
throw at them up to 192k.