Both actually as the Pi can be set up either way. It’s not too complicated and there’s always geeky guys like me and a dozen other folks that would gladly guide folks through a build. Not to litter the thread here but if you’re interested in some light reading.
For those that may not be aware, the Pi2aes is a digital audio interface that connects to the Raspberry Pi via the GPIO pins. This is particularly useful is it enables you to stream music to your DAC without the noise of your PC potentially polluting the signal stream. I’m told that the Pi2aes has particularly good clocks and this enables you to get a higher quality digital signal to your DAC than by using USB. Special thanks to @GoldenOne for helping me get my set up running and giving me ma…
TLDR: Pi2AES kicks some serious ass. Get a nice PSU
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So I’ve been working on my digital side of things for a little while now, and have as of late been exploring networked output options. I’d started with a raspberry pi, and after hearing the difference that made vs direct USB to my PC, but also how the USB 2.0 ports on the pi4 differed from the USB 3.0 ports, and then how the pi3b+ actually sounded better (likely due to being a lower noise/power consumption board), I explored other op…
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