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RE: Why would I

Posted by Dynobot on March 13, 2017 at 04:52:42:
The RPi still has USB ports, you can connect the USB converter and use it as outputs rather than the spdif. Just reboot and choose USB output instead of Digi+ Pro.
I'm guessing that if both were RPi's [one spdif out and the other to your USB converter] they would sound different. The Digi+ is pretty good at $50 but I don't know if its on the same level as the Audiophilleo 2 a $500+ converter.
Then add on top of that the uRu is powered from a $400 Linear PS vs. a $11 wallwart....
I'd say power the uRu from a wallwart and use both as USB out to the Audiophilleo would be a fair fight.
But if you think about it, it took nearly $1k worth of peripherals to give the uRu a slight advantage over the RPi.
Hmmmmmmmm