Narcos wrote: > Heres an excerpt from Klaus (Soundcheck) blog, > > Keeping the server separate from my experience is a good idea for > several reasons. > To list a few: > > > You can keep the server close to the router, especially if you don't > have > ethernet cable wiring in your home. > Do not use Wifi to attach a server to a network! > You keep that server away from the actual audio room and audio system > You don't have to sit in the audio room (living room in my case) to do > all kind of config and maintenance work > Running CPU hungry DSP work, such as resampling or convolution, working > with large collections and handling several clients will put high > demands on a server. > You don't want to have all that running on your highly efficient > playback client. > sharing USB for storage and DAC would not be such a good idea > your streaming client can become/remain really slim and highly efficient > as discussed in the other articles > > > That's why I recommend to put the server part on an external server and > let the clients > run as separate highly efficient streaming clients. > > The RPIs major weakness used to be their joint USB2.0 Ethernet > infrastructure. > > > That dramatically changed with the introduction of the RPI4. > > > > I consider the PI4 USB performance that good, that I switched back from > I2S-HAT audio to USB DACs after running I2S-HAT DACs for several years > . > > > Advise: Running USB storage and audio devices side by side on a RPI4 is > still not such a good idea.
If I were you, I would just cancel the order of the second raspberry. You can run hundreds of audio streams via Wi-Fi. And usually there is no maintenance to do, once your set up is finished, or maintenance is done via the web interface. If you worry about degrading of sounds, because of your external hard drive, just use a longer USB cable for your DAC, so that the DAC is not sitting next to the drive. I am very sure, that in a blind test you would not hear any difference between one or two raspberries. The Earth Has Music For Those Who Listen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pommes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67682 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114828
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