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fhood
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Jul 26, 2018
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Oooooh, how fun! I would probably throw a raspberry pi at it. You can get a pcm5102a break out board style dac for about $15. $35 for the pi. $10 for a bluetooth receiver.
Now you have a wireless speaker system with a good DAC and amp for $60. I've wanted to do something similar for a while, but haven't had a receiver lying around that is worth the effort.
Jul 26, 2018
Evshrug
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Jul 26, 2018
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fhoodI did something like this, with a Pi and a HiFiBerry DAC+ https://www.hifiberry.com/products/digiplus/
One thing I’ll say, having a dedicated Pi, ready to use, is never just $35. You’ve gotta have a microSD for the OS and any programming, power supply, and you should have an enclosure and (as you said) Wireless dongles of some sort. Still not REALLY expensive, and I’m glad you listed components, but so many people only quote the price of the bare board, as if people just have many Pi lying around with lots of spare essential add-ons.
I was able to use wifi for higher res (uncompressed ALAC over AirPlay was no problem), the whole setup worked well with my antique Theta DAC until I misplaced my Pi during a home move.
Jul 26, 2018
fhood
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EvshrugYeah, I guess that's fair. I usually assume people have a compatible power supply lying around, and I don't usually bother with the enclosures. SD card is important tho.
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