Hegel HD10, Rpi4 Usb or Allo DigiOne?

[Billy_McSkintos]

I look forward to hearing your opinion on USB v’s Digione

SOLVED: Is USB audio quality resolved with the Raspberry Pi 4? i.e. No need for SPDIF Output HAT's

I have recently traded in my Sonos equipment for Raspberry Pi 4’s. 2 with Allo Digione/Signature HAT’s (1 into Schiit Modius DAC, Vidar amp.), 2 with HiFiBerry Amp2 HAT’s; all running Ropieee XL. I understand that the audio out of the USB of an RPi 3 was particularly poor due to the shared ethernet and USB bus and thus the Allo SPDIF HATs (and others) do a fantastic job of mitigating those problems. With the Raspberry Pi 4, did the audio quality out of the USB improve to no longer necessitate …