Apesbrain wrote: > > If you need S/PDIF output, a HummingBoard running Squeeze On Arch is a > cost-effective solution. Agreed.
> > Sound quality will be unchanged. > I agree with this as well. > > Community solutions like this are all we now have and it's amazing to me > that with $75 in parts and a half-hour of effort Squeezebox remains as > viable a solution as anything the competition has to offer. > How is it feasible to get a Hifiberry for $75 in parts? A Hifiberry DAC+ or Digi+ currently sets you back around $50 (assuming you select the cheapest available shipping option to the US and assuming you don't get hit by import taxes or tariffs). Add in the cost of RPi, PSU and microSD and you're at around $100. Now you still need a case -- nice ones which fit the Hifiberry HAT can be expensive. Another $5-$35. Lastly, some will require a Wifi dongle which adds $5-$8. So we're at anywhere between $100 and $140. That's a lot of money for a completely outdated SoC which has a fraction of the performance of a $100 smartphone and lower performance/watt as well. I don't think the Hifiberry is all that good a value because the total package gets you into a price region where a lot of competition exists (other SBCs, smartphones, etc.) IMO, the RPi running picoreplayer is cost-effective when utilizing the Pi's built-in HDMI out or when utilizing a really cheap USB audio interface. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dafiend's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=60637 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102312 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
