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MrC

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JRiver's next hardware project...
« on: September 11, 2013, 10:18:48 pm »

Maybe this is it:

    Raspberry Pi - Audiophile Distro
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Re: JRiver's next hardware project...
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2013, 08:44:48 am »

Neat.

There's a good chance we'll do ARM.  Performance is a big question mark.  My guess is a quad-core ARM would be a lot more fun than a single core like they use in the Pi.
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Re: JRiver's next hardware project...
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2013, 09:14:32 am »

Maybe this is it:

    Raspberry Pi - Audiophile Distro

The low cost of the Raspbery catches your attention. This article points out some issues:

http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.de/2013/09/bake-me-some-pi.html

Power limitations and hanging the ethernet connection off the USB controller seem poor choices for a network audio device.

There are lots of cheap ARM-on-a-board devices.

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Re: JRiver's next hardware project...
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2013, 11:39:48 am »

The old Squeezebox die-hard fans are building replacement hardware and software for the now-defunct Squeeze-line.  They have working prototypes, based on Wandaboards.  They have made good progress.
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Re: JRiver's next hardware project...
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2013, 11:43:04 am »

Nice jab  ;D
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A quick health warning, though: audiophilia is a slippery slope that may subsequently cause you to develop an unhealthy suspicion towards your Pi's standard power supply.
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