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Also chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them.
I think you need to choose what you build more carefully ...
https://thepihut.com/products/nanomesher-nanosound-dac-pro-w-oled-screen
More than necessary for a DAC, but not silly ££s.
Theres also an amp board that fits into it which I might explore when I’ve got this kit working.
Also the 4 can run two 4K displays, so that's fun.
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A 4gb machine, with 2 USB3 ports, capable of driving 2 x 4k displays. £50.
I almost feel guilty that I'm planning on wasting all that potential by sticking some freeware media player software (Volumio probably) on it and using it as an mp3 player.
So far it's been a pretty easy and successful process.
There was a slight hitch in that the Volumio software hasn't been released for the pi4, but a quick email to Nanosound and they emailed me a link to the beta version (pretty much by return), and once I'd downloaded that and flashed it to the SD card, everything has been as easy as easy can be.
Volumio indexed a 1Gb USB disc full of mp3s ridiculously quickly too.
With a little luck, I'll connect it to the main hifi amp & speakers tomorrow and see (or hear) how it sounds.
But, so far, impressed.
Its actually got some great potential business applications now, they would make perfectly decent thin clients now.
Might get one for work.
The 1Tb USB disc seemed to re-index every time I switch the Pi off/on, which was a pain given that it was indexing ~80,000 tracks. Also, Pi only seemed to recognise that there was a disc plugged in if I booted the Pi and then attached the disc. So, pita and I got bored of that process after the first couple of times.
I've now got two micro SD cards, in USB adapters plugged in and, although that also seems to re-index every time, it completes within 20secs or so. Plus, the USB adapters are just left in permanently, no taking out and re-inserting. That gives me ~70,000 tracks, but I can connect back to the NAS and play from there too - if I remember to power it on.
Sound quality through my relatively simple hifi setup is pretty damn good, and certainly better than I've heard with other efforts at playing mp3s directly from the NAS, so my conclusion is that the DAC is doing its job at enhancing the source.
Browser interface seems rock solid reliable too, no issues with different browsers & devices.
So it's convenient, cheap, and delivers quality output. Best combination I've found yet for accessing and playing content from a reasonably large library.