Could CI-board be an alternative for GCA?

[Rob]

I am taking delivery of a HiFiBerry Digital Output board (Pro version, £32) for my RPi3 this week, and hope to compare it with direct DLNA streaming this weekend.

I am sceptical, as I fail to see how offboard streaming can be better than sending data directly to the UPNP renderer built into Devialet Experts' CI boards.

Need to investigate what this "HAT" business is though; hopefully I can just attach it to the GPIO pins.

JohnnySix,

Have you had time to compare sound Q of UPNP renderer direct to Dev and HiFiBerry Digital Output board?

Thanks,
Rob


Devialet 440 Pro CI; AudioQuest Castle Rock; B&W800D3; Meridian 507, GCCA, MConnect