Hello Kunter
thanks for the infos.
I received my hummingboard i4 pro carrier, i install Volumio and i can say it sounds very good, different from my Aries but not worse. I would say the sound with Aries is thinner but maybe more coherent, the HB seems to focus medium in front, to be confirmed.
I just power it with the stock power unit but I am building a aluminium box based on the following couple boxes:
http://www.ebay.fr/itm/202x80x282-Alumin...5d4d0eda69
http://www.lincolnbinns.com/raspberry-pi...-enclosur/
Which will welcome the hummingboard + HDD 2.5 spinning + DIY linear power supplier 2x5V 2A to power the whole system.
(SSD costs too much at the moment and i don't think the gap in SQ justifies the extra cost).
I did some test with another contribution: KODI, which is a mediacenter software. I like it to watch movies and ripped DVD of music concerts.
You should try this one, after 1 hour of listening i couldn't hear any difference with Volumio. It's more user friendly and more stable to me.
thanks for the infos.
I received my hummingboard i4 pro carrier, i install Volumio and i can say it sounds very good, different from my Aries but not worse. I would say the sound with Aries is thinner but maybe more coherent, the HB seems to focus medium in front, to be confirmed.
I just power it with the stock power unit but I am building a aluminium box based on the following couple boxes:
http://www.ebay.fr/itm/202x80x282-Alumin...5d4d0eda69
http://www.lincolnbinns.com/raspberry-pi...-enclosur/
Which will welcome the hummingboard + HDD 2.5 spinning + DIY linear power supplier 2x5V 2A to power the whole system.
(SSD costs too much at the moment and i don't think the gap in SQ justifies the extra cost).
I did some test with another contribution: KODI, which is a mediacenter software. I like it to watch movies and ripped DVD of music concerts.
You should try this one, after 1 hour of listening i couldn't hear any difference with Volumio. It's more user friendly and more stable to me.