What are you using as a streamer? Constructive feedback please.
Wondering what improvements I can made to my streaming end and what you all are using.
Not looking to rip CDs and I mostly listen to vinyl.
System right now is:
Node 2 (latest version used streaming only with Roon)
Bel Canto e.One ref DAC 2.7
Bel Canto e.One ref CD3t Transport.
Bel Canto e.One ref 501S (best Class D to date to ever grace my system)
Mini GaN 5 ( had to try it and swap it in and out)
AM Qualiton X200 Tube Integrated (love it and gets most use)
QLN Prestige 5 Speakers.
All cables and wires are Signal Cable.
Appreciate the constructive feedback.
Have a great day.
Sure all USB sounds alike. If you can’t hear it then it must be true. While Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ added Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, throughput on Raspberry Pi 4 is free from the single shared USB 2.0 channel to the SoC The USB host controller is connected directly to the SoC via a PCIe bus. The Ethernet Controller is built directly in to the SoC. What are the three laws again and do forums count? |
I had to go back and remind myself what i read back when i last looked at Pis for audio. I've had other pressing issues int he intervening 9 months. From my perusal of the (sparse) documentation and the schematic it seems that they have separated the USB onto it sown controller and stopped loading the processor with some of the Ethernet duties- both of which will reduce some of the noise, to the degree that noise is proportional to workload.
As to the supply - if you mean the EXTERNAL supply, that’s where you need to spend some time or money. I built a well regulated and filtered , 3.5A linear supply. It ought to quiet things, and listening tests (vs the $7 standard issue cana-whatever unit) strongly supports this presumption. I can’t speak to mot commercial supplies, having never used them. Well, one exception - i had an ALLO DAC/Pi based bridge/Shanti to evaluate and study for a while and it was an impressive power supply for the price, I thought. It costs something under $200 and if i recall also supports both dirty and clean 5V outputs.
I also isolate the USB of the DAC following (if using the one i half-built) and the commercial ones has built in isolation, quite good from what i could see visually (an SMT transformer) |
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