SpiderJon wrote: 
> True qualitatively, I agree :-)
> 
> But almost certainly not true quantitatively. Even a several-years-old
> 3+GHz Intel CPU is going to outperform a Pi 4, let alone a 3, by a
> significant margin, no matter how horribly bloated Windows is.

But why would you need that CPU power? SB Radio contains an armv5 single
core CPU and I can't really be bothered to check the speed right now but
it won't be more than 1MHz. SB Touch is armv6 but it runs the same armv5
compiled code (except for the proprietary hardware driver stuff of
course). Both will connect happily on 802.11g wifi that has a
theoretical max of 54Mbit but in real life probably will be closer to
20Mbit. The only real reason why you'd need a fast CPU to run LMS is
because by default it is (or at least used to be) set to transcode all
files to uncompressed streaming and that will quickly get you into
trouble with multiple players. But it doesn't have to, because all the
players will happily do the transcoding of mp3, flac and ogg themselves
with the added bonus of less data running over the wire. In fact I even
save on CPU power by running the streams over an unencrypted wifi, AC/DC
is not exactly sensitive data...


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