clownfish
It's all in the details
Having tried to love the Naim app for years I have finally given up and used the Easter break to sign up to a Roon trial. It took by about 10 minutes to fall in love and wonder why I have resisted all these years. Roon makes sense of TIDAL and my NAS in a way the Naim app has never done.
I had a spare Pi 3b with HifiBerry Digi Pro Hat so I put Ropieee onto an SD card and powered up. A few minutes later I was up and running with the Pi feeding music back to my Superuniti over SPDIF. I am astonished at how close this most basic of setups gets to the quality of the streaming section of the SU. I’m not going to say its the same but IMO its more than 90% of the way there. To me the difference is most noticeable in the 'weight' of instruments, the notes just seem a little fuller, a little richer with the SU as the source.
Having done some research (thanks Darko) I'm considering a Pi + Allo Digione Signature Hat or Pi 4 + Topping D10s to generate SPDIF for the SU. Before splashing out I would love to know if there is a clear winner out of these two in the sound quality stakes? Or have I got it all wrong and should I be doing something entirely different? Budget for now is around £200.
Thanks in advance!
System:
LP12
Arcam Phono
Superuniti
Proac D20R
I had a spare Pi 3b with HifiBerry Digi Pro Hat so I put Ropieee onto an SD card and powered up. A few minutes later I was up and running with the Pi feeding music back to my Superuniti over SPDIF. I am astonished at how close this most basic of setups gets to the quality of the streaming section of the SU. I’m not going to say its the same but IMO its more than 90% of the way there. To me the difference is most noticeable in the 'weight' of instruments, the notes just seem a little fuller, a little richer with the SU as the source.
Having done some research (thanks Darko) I'm considering a Pi + Allo Digione Signature Hat or Pi 4 + Topping D10s to generate SPDIF for the SU. Before splashing out I would love to know if there is a clear winner out of these two in the sound quality stakes? Or have I got it all wrong and should I be doing something entirely different? Budget for now is around £200.
Thanks in advance!
System:
LP12
Arcam Phono
Superuniti
Proac D20R