02-Aug-2015, 19:59
(22-Jul-2015, 20:33)PhilP Wrote: So I bought a Rasberry Pi 2, installed Rune, plugged in USB stick and connected it (not without some trepidation with volume turned down really low) to my 200 and amazingly it worked first time. The control s/w is actually pretty good though It's sometimes a little slow to respond. I only have a Canon printer cable which sounded very flat when tried with an Aurender so it's a little unfair to comment on SQ but it's actually not bad at all. It would certainly be worth trying a USB reclocker or SPDIF card as Mad suggests and I would imagine a better USB cable would also make a significant difference.
Internet radio sounds great on the Pi and it would be a good complement to a streamer that doesn't support that source e.g Aurender, Melco.
And it costs £25....
Glad you took the plunge.
For the money there is nothing out there that even comes close.
For another £30, do give the hifiberry digi+ a try.
The USB shares the same bus as the ethernet so is very noisy, using the digi+ card bypasses this with an i2s connection.
I kept the USB cable and my coax cable plugged in and switched between the 2 from the MPD menu.
To my surprise there was quite a difference.
I have settled on a chord signature coax cable as I love the smooth character it has.
I'll also be getting the signature power cable to complete my setup.
Nothing to do now except sit back, relax and listen.
The software may be a little slow which is why I overclocked my pi.
One important thing to consider, don't mess with the over voltage setting when overclocking.
This kept stuttering during playback and took me a long time to figure out.
I've set mine to medium preset with force turbo enabled and over voltage set to 1.
All is working perfectly so I am not going to touch a thing from now on.
The other thing you can do is use a upnp control point instead of the rune interface.
Bubbleupnp works brilliantly.
Let us know your thoughts if you get the digi+ board.
Happy listening!
