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RE: Further thoughts on RPi player

Posted by Dynobot on March 10, 2017 at 06:13:09:
I've tried several HAT-Dacs and the answer is 'no' the best or even a very good stand alone dac still sounds better to my ears at least.

I also have a iFi power and ended up selling it because I could not hear a difference between the Jameco and the iFi...although the iFi has superior specs.

FWIW, Archimago's CRAAP settings makes a nice improvement
http://archimago.blogspot.com/2017/01/measurements-raspberry-pi-3-as-usb.html

Either way, its fun to play around and try different things....its a hobby after all...