Remix Mini as a Wi-Fi endpoint

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Andybob wrote “Raspberry Pi 3 has built in Wi-Fi.”

But this does not seem like something a non computer expert can use.

To get the same functionality as an airport express it seems have to by a Pi3 and a DAC board and a case and an SDD. Find a USB monitor ( which I do not have) find a SDD card writer which I do not have burn something called raspian to the sdd run many arcane commands that make no sense to me and I can’t even find simple instructions.

I need something much more plug and play than this. Is there nothing simpler available that I can hook up to my active speakers?

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I don’t know of any turnkey wi-fi endpoints until the Auralic Aries, which is obviously well outside the price point. I think that at a price point of $100 you will be looking at a hobbyist solution.

I’m not sure what plans Sonore or IQAudiO have for wi-fi support, but they are both well regarded Ethernet solutions and may be looking at wi-fi.

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I understand people have installed Android Roon on a Remix Mini, which has Wi-Fii, and used it as a Remote. An Android version of RoonBridge would be ideal for such a device.

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I have that little device. It can serve as an endpoint? The awesome!

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Daniel (@rugby) got some sound from it using Android Roon in this thread. Brian has since said that there will be an Android RoonBridge at some point.

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Yes, it can run Roon 1.2 and I can control it from another Roon. Playing America “A Horse with no name” from it now. I’m testing how well it handles being on and waiting…

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I can’t. Doesn’t recognize the dragonfly dac. But macmini is OK. Too keep a long story short: Roon has to focus!! Linux is for coffeemachines :banana:

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Well, to be specific I am using the Remix as the DAC and putting its Audio out into a powered speaker system. Works great.

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digital sound out is hdmi. If I am right. Earphone out to poweramp/passive speakers did not have good sound quality.

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I guess that depends on your standards and the use case. For me, this was to be a little wifi endpoint feeding a boombox in the garage, not as a main endpoint for serious audio. And for that use it was great as I was not expecting tremendous audio.

But, yes the digital out is via the HDMI and I guess if I wanted I could put the HDMI out through one of those HDMI audio strippers and feed it into a Optical In or S/PDIF; but I have not looked into or tested that out at all.