Using any audio source with HQPlayer - Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, Soundcloud [2021-2022]

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@Stefan_Andersson1

@dabassgoesboomboom

What if I am able to locate one of the numerous Raspberries I have laying around here or in the workshop… or I have a mini computer built actually on a Allo Sparky, with an Allo clean USB HAT that I probably could run with RopieeeXL, whick in turn also incorpartes Spotify Connect service on top of the Roon connectability. That would not be as beneficial as LAN for Roon to HQP, so it would not replace the IP connection for Roon, but maybe would do just great for Spotify?

See my post just above.

You could run RoPieee XL on that device… running all 3 - HQPlayer NAA, Roon Bridge and Spotify…

However Spotify would not run through HQPlayer itself.

To run Spotify through HQPlayer (and apply your favourite sinc-M to Spotify or any other TOSlink source) you need to do the miniDSP solution.

@Stefan_Andersson1

What puzzles though is to find an USB cable with same connector in both ends? Does those exist? You don’t need to answer, I will have to look up myself.

The miniDSP box comes with the USB cable and TOSlink cable you need

It’s just a standard printer type USB cable - type B goes into miniDSP box and type A end goes into standard computer port.

@Stefan_Andersson1

No can’t do this Pi 2 design. The Pi is not good enough to be last link before the AES diasy chain. It is far to sensitive to RFI and is noise beyond any decent levels, even if psu is replaced. It needs to be inside the LAN section, to the ground of the computer, to stop flooding the cable shields from ground noise.

What is your current last link before AES3 daisy chain? Can you share the model?