$9250 Raspberry Pi streamer....... ??

Posted by AbeCollins (A) on November 24, 2023 at 08:51:47

I mentioned before that Bryston uses the hobbyist Raspberry Pi board in two of their products. One is a basic streamer and the other is a streamer / DAC.

I just opened the lastest December 2023 TAS and learned that Boulder now uses the Raspberry Pi 4B in their $9250 USD streamer / DAC / preamp. The Raspberry Pi is also used in the Boulder 866 integrated, $14,950 with streaming DAC option.

Will Raspberry Pi 4 boards remain available as production of Raspberry Pi 5 ramps up? It should be an easy mid product cycle swap if Boulder and others need to switch to the newer board. Any other 'high-end' streamer products using the hobbyist Raspberry Pi board within?

I find it interesting that some audiophiles remain skeptical of the dirt cheap Raspberry Pi board as a streamer even though it is used in some well established 'high-end' brands.

Excerpt from Dec 2023 TAS:

"Raspberry Pi (/paɪ/) is a series of small single-board computers (SBCs) developed in the United Kingdom by Raspberry Pi Ltd in association with Broadcom. The Raspberry Pi project originally leaned toward the promotion of teaching basic computer science in schools."

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Topic - $9250 Raspberry Pi streamer....... ?? - AbeCollins 08:51:47 11/24/23 (26)

RE: $9250 Raspberry Pi streamer....... ?? - yage 06:41:59 11/29/23 (1)

RE: $9250 Raspberry Pi streamer....... ?? - AbeCollins 13:59:47 11/29/23 (0)

RE: $9250 Raspberry Pi streamer....... ?? - cawson@onetel.com 03:48:56 11/25/23 (17)

I tend to agree with many of your points..... - AbeCollins 10:44:58 11/25/23 (15)

Thanks - All very true - cawson@onetel.com 14:10:39 11/25/23 (0)

Boulder and Bryson alike - E-Stat 13:35:00 11/25/23 (13)

So the $9250 Boulder Streamer/DAC reveiwed above with the switch mode - Ivan303 05:34:35 11/26/23 (1)

That would be - E-Stat 08:48:50 11/26/23 (0)

RE: Boulder and Bryson alike - AbeCollins 13:41:04 11/25/23 (10)

RE: " linear power supplies are always better than switch mode" - Ivan303 05:29:59 11/26/23 (0)

Ask them - E-Stat 13:58:44 11/25/23 (8)

RE: Ask them - AbeCollins 14:12:48 11/25/23 (7)

Why the grandstanding? - E-Stat 15:52:49 11/28/23 (4)

Why the closed mind ? - AbeCollins 06:47:06 11/29/23 (3)

I repeat - E-Stat 06:51:51 11/29/23 (2)

Not worth my time. I give you the last word - nt - AbeCollins 14:17:24 11/29/23 (1)

Shame you don't think enough - E-Stat 14:19:08 11/29/23 (0)

An observation... - mlsstl 14:08:12 11/27/23 (1)

Very true - nt - AbeCollins 12:57:27 11/28/23 (0)

"It's surely the APPLICATION and development of bought-in modules, etc that adds to costs and most importantly - Cut-Throat 06:42:08 11/25/23 (0)

Well...- - E-Stat 16:08:03 11/24/23 (1)

Raspberry Pi, switching supply, op amps in the 'analog' chain... - Ivan303 16:20:46 11/24/23 (0)

There's a sucker born every minute. N t - raingerz 14:47:13 11/24/23 (0)

LOL ! ........... nt - Cut-Throat 10:09:41 11/24/23 (2)

But it's a Roon end-point with..... - AbeCollins 11:55:34 11/24/23 (1)

And the Case is Thick and Pretty too ! ................ nt - Cut-Throat 13:20:16 11/24/23 (0)

$9250 Raspberry Pi streamer....... ??

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