Thank you pidCOrePlayer ppl

[R0cky]

I've had a number of squeezebox hardware players for some years. Luckily for me they have shown no problems that a firmware reset didn't seem to fix. However I was looking gloomily at the possbility of having to replace them, and the extravegant and high prices solutions like Sonos seemed to offer.

I came across lots of Squeezebox advice, and ended up following the instruction for setting up piCorePlayer on a pi. Kudos to all; in one shot the whole thing worked well, including a wireless setup without a wired network connection (who has a handy LAN point these days??).

So I just thought I'd post a thank you. I'm even surprised at the audio quality out of the analogue phone jack. I don't need a super hifi solution for my use case, but I was surprised listening on my headphones at how reasonble the sound is from the naked pi (using a 3 b+). I'm going to be hooking it up to a power amp in the next fwe days to see how it holds up. If I end up needed some sort of DAC device or resorting to the hdmi output, it's still been good value.

Keep it coming folks.

[bennyboyph]

If you need a DAC, I can highly recommend the Khadas Tone board. Takes it's power from USB.

Pi4 plus Tone board probably the biggest bargain in hifi right now

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[bennyboyph]

Big ups to all PiCorePlayer development crew - game changing software!

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[R0cky]

If you need a DAC, I can highly recommend the Khadas Tone board. Takes it's power from USB.

Pi4 plus Tone board probably the biggest bargain in hifi right now

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Thanks for the advice. I think I'd only be looking at a modest improvement if needed. It's for outdoor speakers. Even a HDMI to DVI/Audi jack might do the trick.

[Daverz]

If I end up needed some sort of DAC device or resorting to the hdmi output, it's still been good value.

If you need a DAC, consider the Topping D10. About $90, USB powered, and can also be used as a USB to SPDIF converter for old DACs. I've used it with RPi 3B and 3B+.