I don’t know whether I’m a bit stupid or this is too complicated for me to understand
I have 2 set ups
A Marantz amp/dac and Elac speakers
a raspberry Pi4 with dragonfly black and headphones
I get lossless music out of the Pi and Dragonfly and CD quality from the Marantz ( at best )
My question is:
Do I get lossless because of Riopee or the Dac
If I want lossless from my speakers am I better off getting a Pi and hooking it up to a DAC and roon ready amp rather than the Marantz that is just roon tested?
The DAC in the Marantz isn’t as capable as your dragonfly.
I have a Marantz and it can do 24/192 native. I believe. I added a different DAC and have more available options.
When you select the DragonFly you are bypassing the onboard Marantz DAC.
Yes. You can.
You can even route the rpi4/dragonfly into a rca input on the marantz and use it that way to save a few bucks while sorting it all out.
3.5mm-> rca should not be a big cost.
The model number we can give you specifics.
In general, aux1 would be fine.
Plug output from the Schiit into the aux inputs. set the tuner to the aux1 input.
Your speakers stay as they are connected now.
It’s basically a nerdy tape deck or cd player (you could use those inputs too if unused)
Given that model. You have 1 analoge input for rca and 2 for digital.
depending on which you want to use from the DAC, you would pick the corresponding spot.
Before purchasing anything new, I would connect the digital out from the RPi 4 (if it has that) directly to the Marantz. It is a fantastically simple setup and it is good to test with what you have first.