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[PhilP]

So I bought a Rasberry Pi 2...

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!

Thanks for the tips - there seem to be many options with the Pi and fortunately most of them are cheap to try   

I returned from vacation at the weekend and have just placed an order for a digi+.  Really looking forward to hearing an improvement in SQ 

Top priority for me is a platform to run Qobuz and will probably try LMS/Max2Play as I believe NickB has done.