Furry wrote: > I hadn't really paid much attention to this (Pi as a squeeze player), > until I happened to see another thread > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?104243-Marantz-NA6005&highlight=picoreplayer+transporter > where it was recommended as a replacement player (not that I need one > yet, fortunately). > > I have a RPi B+, so decided to give it a go; I downloaded piCoreplayer, > dropped it onto SD, plugged RPi into power and network and browsed to to > the GUI (RPi/piCoreplayer obtained IP address from DHCP). I then > connected RPi to my Marantz PM7005 (DAC built in), and found the player > in the GUI squeezelite output settings. After a restart, I used > SqueezePlay running on laptop to control the new player. > > Wow, I'm impressed; after about 10 minutes I have another squeezeplayer > for about £20 that just works, and works well. Many thanks to Triode and > sbp! > > I don't know yet how many bits it's sending (or can send) to the Marantz > at what rate yet; I guess I'll found out shortly.
Thanks for the report. If you add a audio-card you will have a really good sounding system. I like the I2S-cards as the usually works very well and bypass the issues that some users are reporting with their USB-DACs. However, many use a cheap USB-DAC without any problem. Regards Steen piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/picoreplayer/home *Please 'donate' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=U7JHY5WYHCNRU&lc=GB¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted) if you like the piCorePlayer* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sbp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97803
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