Has this changed for the better since your post?The one downside of the Pro Ject is the poor Volumio software when using Qobuz.
Nice to try these things.
Doesn’t cost much, sometimes nothing, and one day you might hit on somethingWell, I keep swapping valves in my amps so I’m just as bad really!
I really am tempted to try the Stream Box S2 Ultra or The Lindemann Limetree Bridge but feeding the same dac I wonder whether the sound is going to be any better.Nice to try these things.
Always worth a try but I find I am really satisfied with what I have .It merges well with my system and makes nice sounds.I really am tempted to try the Stream Box S2 Ultra or The Lindemann Limetree Bridge but feeding the same dac I wonder whether the sound is going to be any better.
Even if it's slghtly better I'm not convinced that the apps for these two are anywhere near as good as the Bluos which I think is a very important part of the streaming experience.
I've also thought about the Moon Mind 180 but when you read some of the horror stories about how poor the app is it's not encouraging.
Hehe - if a switch and network cable make an audible difference, I can sell you a very special catX cable which magically removes the need for any switch or hub between 2 important devices.
Call it a passive step-through device. Or, if you’re a network engineer, a cross over cable...
Replying to an old post I know, but if you have issues with a R.Pi 3B+ sharing bandwidth between Ethernet and USB, then you can force Ethernet to use only 100 MBit/s maximum. See here. That's enough for reasonable audio running over Ethernet, and it leaves enough guaranteed free bandwidth on the shared bus for reasonable audio over USB at the same time.I just would like to point out that ethernet (not to mention wifi) is galvanically isolated (at least if you use normal UTP cables, not STP). The interface contains small transformers ("magnetics"). This means that ground noise is not propagated. As to the RPi, the main criticism has been that the ethernet and USB interface share a single I/O interface, so there might be bottlenecks. The new RPi4 fixes this issue.
Do I need a crossover cable to “daisy chain” switches?
Reviving an old thread here... the S2 Ultra has a new firmware and the UI is improved
I’ve noticed that I don’t get ‘booting up’ noise (high frequency oscillation) into my DAC anymore either
Has anyone compared the Pro-Ject Streambox S2 Ultra (£600) to an optimised home-built raspberry pi (£50?)? There doesn't seem to be anyone who has directly compared the two to see if there is a difference in SQ through these music streamers.
I have a laptop which is used as a streamer but was looking to try latest Raspberry Pi 4 + tablet as a remote control for the Raspi4. The Pro-ject Stream Box S2 Ultra may appear to be relatively very good value when compared to costlier streamers but the cost is surely a lot higher than a Raspi4 setup.
If solely on sound quality, will there be a difference between an optimised Raspi4 (music player, output upgrade, power supply etc.) and the Pro-ject Stream Box S2 Ultra? I do not have any experience with the Raspberry Pi.