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[cliveb]

There's been a lot of stuff said here about how early CDs were rubbish.
It's a long time ago now, but my recollection was that a large number of pop/rock CDs did indeed sound poor back in those days.

And yet, there were plenty of classical releases that sounded (and continue to sound...

[cliveb]

One possible thing to consider is that if the Pi running LMS is using a HDD for storage, you might not want the mechanical noise of the HDD in your listening room.
IMHO the noise of a HDD would probably have a greater effect on perceived sound quality than worrying about whether your USB DAC might...

[cliveb]

I bet in a proper blind comparison where the two are from the same mastering, you couldn't....

[cliveb]

I'm confused. piCorePlayer is built on tiny core Linux, and includes the OS.
There's no need to install any other OS first, indeed I don't see how you would install piCorePlayer on top of Raspian....

[cliveb]

I concur with kidstypike. I use a DIGI2 Pro (on a RPi2). The Digi & Digi+ option works fine:

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[cliveb]

I presume you synchronise the two players to achieve the required effect.

Two comments:
1. It would make life much easier to use SB2's instead of SB3's. Their mainboards have the I/O sockets already in the same plane, so no need to move them. And their VFD displays are connected via...

[cliveb]

The most frustrating and time-consuming part of building a Squeeze player from a Raspberry Pi is actually obtaining one for a sensible price. The only ones around are from scalpers at 3 or 4 times the correct price.

Once you have a Pi in your hands, getting piCorePlayer working takes about...