01-Mar-2016, 15:14
(This post was last modified: 01-Mar-2016, 15:22 by Hifi_swlon.)
(01-Mar-2016, 13:32)Soniclife Wrote:(01-Mar-2016, 11:27)Hifi_swlon Wrote: I hear the Pi3 still has a shared bus for USB/ethernet, which seemed to be the biggest point of concern with the 2 for audio use. Wonder if this will still be a problem?What exactly is this concern? I've been using a Pi2 for a few months and haven't noticed any issues. I've seen this alluded to in places but never a proper explanation of what the issue might be for our usage (e.g. endpoint).
There are sometimes feint pops and crackles using some players and at some sample rates. I had it with squeezelite. Many attribute this to a shared USB/ethernet bus as using a specialist board like the hifiberry DAC+ or IQAudio, seems to fix it. Although its obviously tricky to get to the bottom of it as there's a lot of open source going on, and it is after all a $35 device not designed for audio.. That said, I also tried Volumio, and never had any issue, so it may well just be sloppy programming.
IQAudio boards (which also include a DAC and unbelievably a 35WPC amp all within the Pi size box for £55) are getting phenomenal reviews however. Im sort of intrigued to try and see if it could power my floorstanders! I believe some people are! And they're RoonReady!
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