Jake72 wrote:
> It it better to buy a bundle or individual parts?
Generally, a bundle has the advantage that you get all parts which you
need (incl. software) and that the assembling is very easy.
But I have built two players with display with individual parts and it
was as easy as if I had used a bundle. This (i.e. the simplicity)
requires the usage of parts which are particularly made for this task,
e.g. the official 7"-display of RPi, a case like the one by SmartPi and
an HAT which is supported by the software that you choose.
You have several options for the software, e.g.:
- Hifiberry has its own software; HifiberryOS
- Volumio
- max2play
- piCorePlayer
Volumio and max2play are partly commercial, i.e. you might have to pay
for some features. The most interesting software is piCorePlayer: it is
developped and maintained by some forum members, so that you get full
support here in the forum.
Vendors of audio HATs are e.g. Hifiberry, JustBoom, Allo or Audiophonic.
You can use a simple DAC so that you need active loud speakers or a DAC
with amp so that passive speakers are sufficient.
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