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Version: 2.773

Rating: 9

Date: 2020-05-21

Votes: 7





Raspberry Pi 4B and Volumio as digital audio source.



I was using my MacBook Pro for sending music to my DAC (DacMagic Plus) via usb port and I was very happy with it in terms of sound quality.



The solution includes JRiver Media Center (26) running in a iMac as DLNA server and a special audio USB cable from AudioQuest (Forest - the green one).



I play all kind of music and in different resolutions from mp3 (320 kbps), flac to DSD, from 44 to 192 KHz, in 16 and 24 bits.



The problem: My MacBook Pro must be connected to the DAC all time.



With the raspberry pi 4b (2BG) and volumio the sound is better and the solution is cheap, now I don't need to connect my MacBook Pro and I can use my android phone for remote control using BubbleUPnP and from my Spotify account (Web browser or android app) I can send music directly to my volumio server.



Problem resolved, cheap solution and sound quality is excellent.





Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 2.03

Rating: 9

Date: 2018-12-25

Votes: 0





The sound quality is amazing.



Using a 256MB original Pi and some generic cheap USB DAC for its optical out.



(THX Ultra interconnects and Amps, plus high end hifi speakers.)



The sound is better than any other source I have tried. (I've not used audiophile dedicated CD players, though).



Definitely worth a try if you have the kit lying around or if you like quality music replay.



Note - The Pi's internal sound system is NOT high quality, and while it may give a tiny hint as to the quality of Volumio available via a good interface, it certainly is not hifi, and probably qualifies as the worst source I have tried.





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Rating: 9

Date: 2017-12-25

Votes: 16





Installed versions 2.2 to 2.3.



Very nice little distribution and web interface. It's designed around music listenning only, so if you're not a music fan, you can switch to something else. Volumio works very well on my 2 Raspberry PI 3, Raspberry PI 2, and my Raspberry PI Zero to bring multiroom audio to my appartment. It's very well designed and easy to use.



Not everything's perfect of course: the queue system is very basic, and there's much work left to be done on the sync part of multiroom. But anyway, I've been using it for 6 months, and as a music geek, I can say that Volumio looks very much like what I've been waiting for ages.



As for the system part, you don't need to do much with it. You can ssh, and access your (debian based) linux box, but you probably won't need it much.



So if you're a music fan, and happen to own some pieces of (low) tech hardware and/or DACs to enlight it, look no more, Volumio is the place to settle.





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