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Offline richidoo

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Re: Raspberry PI as a Music Server and/or Player?
« Reply #15 on: February 02, 2017, 03:43:27 PM »
Finally got a USB DAC (yay) so I'm shopping for Pi parts.

Does RPi 3B have a slot for SD card, or does it require a USB>MicroSD card reader to be able to use SD memory card, like this:



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Re: Raspberry PI as a Music Server and/or Player?
« Reply #16 on: February 02, 2017, 04:44:14 PM »
Why yes, it does have a slot. twhs

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Re: Raspberry PI as a Music Server and/or Player?
« Reply #17 on: February 02, 2017, 04:45:38 PM »
Rich,

PI 3 has SD card a slot.  You will need the USB to SD adapter to initially write the image but once you have it written you take the SD card and plug it into PI3.

You will also need some image writer.  I use Rufus.

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Re: Raspberry PI as a Music Server and/or Player?
« Reply #18 on: February 02, 2017, 05:05:43 PM »
Finally got a USB DAC (yay) so I'm shopping for Pi parts.


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Hey Rich... did you get one of the PI daughter board DACs (pHAT), or is it a standalone USB DAC?

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Re: Raspberry PI as a Music Server and/or Player?
« Reply #19 on: February 02, 2017, 05:26:53 PM »
Dave, it's a standalone USB DAC, auralic vega.

D, thanks!

What about power supply for the RPi? Is the official RPi wart good enough or upgrade matters? Pi has switching regulators onboard anyway, so I don't want to go crazy.

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Re: Raspberry PI as a Music Server and/or Player?
« Reply #20 on: February 02, 2017, 06:49:39 PM »
Rich,

I have not tried different power supplies but I have one of the 5v Jerome linear supply that I currently use with Squeezebox classic that I plan to use with RPi once I get RPi setup as replacement SB, especially show how to use ipeng or squeezecommander to the kids, since they are the primary users of the SB right now in living room.

I believe Mike has tried different power supplies and his preference is to use the linear.

Which USB dac did you end up with?

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Re: Raspberry PI as a Music Server and/or Player?
« Reply #21 on: February 03, 2017, 03:09:53 AM »
I thought a few folks were using the iFi Audio 5V Linear Power Supply

Link to Product on Amazon

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Link to product on iFi Audio
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Re: Raspberry PI as a Music Server and/or Player?
« Reply #22 on: February 03, 2017, 05:38:11 AM »
Deepak, the DAC is Auralic Vega. Only had it one day, but so far wowza!

Dave, that iPower looks awesome, thanks, I'll get that.


How big should be the microSD card? 8, 16 or 32GB?

All these Pi distros like Moode, Volumio, Rune, etc they all have the OS built in, right?
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Re: Raspberry PI as a Music Server and/or Player?
« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2017, 06:30:42 AM »
I have been using 16gb cards.

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Re: Raspberry PI as a Music Server and/or Player?
« Reply #24 on: February 03, 2017, 07:35:52 AM »
Thanks D

The iFi iPower has a barrel connector that won't plug into Pi. So I guess you would solder a jack to the GPIO power input pins. Folks on diyaudio said the Pi PS is not as important as a HAT PS, where the DAC and analog lives. One guy said the iPower only has 5.0v which causes the low voltage warning signal on screen during Pi bootup. The official Pi wart is 5.25v on microUSB plug. I think I'll get that for now.

Thanks for all the great advice guys!

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Re: Raspberry PI as a Music Server and/or Player?
« Reply #25 on: February 03, 2017, 08:08:54 AM »
I got CanaKit Pi3B with PS and heatsinks, SD card, SD reader, Case, for $71.  :D  Hard to believe.  :thumb:

I ordered everything from Amazon with free same day delivery. Never tried same day before. Do you think it will really arrive today? Out here with the cows and horses? Obviously I need to get out more.  :roll:

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Re: Raspberry PI as a Music Server and/or Player?
« Reply #27 on: February 03, 2017, 05:41:19 PM »
D beat me to it...I use a barrel adapter from my Jerome to one of my Pis. Can't say I've done much comparative listening - gets in the way of enjoying music no?

Seriously considering the new Wyred4Sound 4-channel linear power supply. I'd power my 3 Pis with 3 of the 4 channels, and my Wyred Recovery with the other. Or my network switch...

Funny aside... - I gave Tommy O' (Digital Amp Company) the idea to build EXACTLY what the wyred power supply is months before I ever heard of it, as a great product for DAC...

Here is the text message from 16Sep (I think I tipped one or two down prior...): "OK here's your next project. Linear power supply. 1,2,3,4 etc. outputs. However many the client wants. Each channels variable by the user with the voltage displayed on the screen. Custom istall any connector. Size of transformer increases with number of outputs. Make it like 3 to 18 volts"  I swear Wyred intercepted this text message and stole my idea!!  It's weird how I saw the exact Wyred product in my head. Guess that means I gotta buy.

-Mike


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Re: Raspberry PI as a Music Server and/or Player?
« Reply #28 on: February 03, 2017, 05:42:08 PM »
Rich,

Did you say what software you'll run on the Pi?

-Mike

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Re: Raspberry PI as a Music Server and/or Player?
« Reply #29 on: February 03, 2017, 06:09:22 PM »
It would  be great if there were cheaper linear supply.  The other one to look at is the HDPlex one