Let's brainstorm..Setting up MinimServer to feed a USB DAC

[Peter StreamMagic]

(24-03-2015 08:52)simoncn Wrote:  

(23-03-2015 18:38)PeteManchester Wrote:  In terms of audio quality, for me it is good enough, I have a few different DACs such as a HifiMeDIY Sabre DAC, UD110, and the Wolfson Pi DAC. To me all three sound good, but probably best to let other people comment on the audio quality.

I have tried the UD110v2 and the Wolfson Pi card. The UD110v2 is much simpler to use (it just plugs into a USB slot with no need for special drivers) but I don't find the audio quality good enough for enjoyable listening. I think the audio quality from the Wolfson is much better but it needs a custom build of the Linux kernel (not yet available for the Pi2) to make it work.

At this moment I am using a Raspberry Pi B+ (Volumio) on my StreamMagic 6 for a trial.
USB compatible without extra drivers installed (basically now a Cambridge Audio DAC magic + without a renderer).
There is a slight difference in sound, haven't decided yet which is best.
Strange idea though using a 35 Euro renderer on a 1000 Euro streamer.
It is openhome now and works fine with the Lumin app.

Peter.