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RE: Battle of the Pis....

Posted by soundchekk on December 17, 2020 at 00:03:06:
I'd suggest following.

Running a test that makes sense!

Microrendu is a highly specialized and tweaked audio bridge.

Your at best mediocre PI4 USB setup will loose that game. You're wasting your time.

To give the RPI a slightest chance you should at least try to properly set it up.

First of all I'd suggest you at least should install Moode. Volumio has always been on the lower end of perceived soundquality.
Or you could give DietPi (the 64bit Beta) a try. DietPi and Moode use the same base - a RaspberryPi OS (Debian). Moode IMO comes with a better optimization.

As a 2nd tweak I'd add a USB filter (iPurifier/iSilencer) or alike.
With active filtering and regeneration.

Your power supply is OK - IMO much too expensive though. I'd suggest an Allo Nirvana instead.

You could even play around with SD cards on the PI. Even these can make a difference. (I'd never believed it until a friend of me supplied me his favorite )

Such a PI setup IMO gets into the arena of highly specialized USB audio bridges still at a much lower ptag and with much higher flexibility.

You could even squeeze a bit more out of the PI USB setup with a bit more sophisticated setup (OS setup and tuning).

Enjoy.