aurobindosaha
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Hi
I have a basic question. Is there any harm in using a computer as a player instead of RPI?
My setup chain today is
Why?
Kind regards
Aurobindo
I have a basic question. Is there any harm in using a computer as a player instead of RPI?
My setup chain today is
- Acoustic Portrait Swara Streamer (I play Spotify using Volumio)>Acoustic Portrait Thyaga DAC > Acoustic Portrait Swara Integrated Amplifier > Acoustic Portrait MS 610 Speakers
Why?
- The Acoustic Portrait Swara Streamer is a streamer with a Volumio player that has Spotify Plugin. The communication is all through air and often disconnects while playing. While connecting the USB from the computer to DAC is a direct connection and will hopefully not have the problem of frequent disconnection.
- The control of Spotify for Volumio is via phone>Wifi>Streamer. If I use the computer the control is directly on the Spotify application on the laptop. More reliable
- I am not using the DAC component within Acoustic Portrait Swara Streamer. The DAC and RPI hats inside the Acoustic Portrait Swara Streamer and I today do not use its DAC within Acoustic Portrait Swara Streamer because I have a better external DAC (Acoustic Portrait Thyaga DAC). So the point of using Swara Streamer is only as player, then why not directly from a computer?
- Is there anything wrong with running a laptop as a player instead of an RPI streamer? The sound quality vs connection stability view will be appreciated
- What should be the right operating system to get the best output from the laptop?
- I know Spotify's sound quality is not so good, but I prefer its recommendation engine. So I want to stick to it, instead of going to CDs or offline files
- Some people will say, the quality of the power supply is very important. All my components run from direct power filtered by APC SRC1KI-IN UPS. If I use a computer then the player will be battery-powered. In comparison, Acoustic Portrait Swara Streamer has a very good linear power supply within the box
Kind regards
Aurobindo