What's a good option for a small streamer that isn't Raspberry Pi based?

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Looking for suggestions to power my bedside Shiit stack if I can’t get my raspberry pi working.

Go!

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Auralic Aries Mini

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If you’re looking for something plug and play the Sonicorbiter SE is $200 cheaper if you don’t want the DAC and analog outputs of the Aries Mini.

http://www.sonore.us/Sonicorbiter.html

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Tried the sonicorbiter, not impressed, but a good suggestion nonetheless given the constraints. Thanks.

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Bluesound Node 2, or an iPad used as an endpoint if you can connect it to the Schiit DAC.

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I was going to try either an android or iphone, but as a temporary solution. I’d like something dedicated from a software perspective, but still a great idea in regards to troubleshooting.

Thanks!

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Allo’s USB Bridge - about £140 with the stock power supply. Or their Digione if the Schiit doesn’t have USB.

I recently got the USB Bridge for my main system (Meridian Exp 2, Ayre, Harbeth) and it sounds really good - beats the Pi 3 I was using hands down.

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What’s wrong with your Pi?

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These products look very cool but I assume run Linux like RPi does, correct?

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after doing all the OS update and apt get upgrade/update and activating wifi and bluetooth, and finally renewing Roonbridge, my RPi will only intermittently show up on Roon as a ready endpoint. It’s a wifi connection issue, I’m sure of it at this point. So, I’m trying some different ethernet solutions, Will keep you posted.

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Matthew

Yes, my USBridge is running Diet Pi with a GUI developed by Allo to make it easy for relative newbies like me. Setup.was fairly simple, would have been more so had I read the manual before starting :kissing_closed_eyes:. I should add that I am using ethernet. You need to buy a separate dongle for WiFi.

It replaced an RPi3 and sounds a lot better; well worth the £140 cost.

Phil

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I use a microRendu in my main system and an Allo DigiOne in the second. Very pleased with both.

The DigiOne sits on top of a Pi 3 running Ropieee connected by Ethernet and provides a very low noise and low jitter output. I take the BNC Output through a BNC/AES converter into an Auralic Vega. The Core upsamples everything to 192 kHz and I can use the Exact clock in the Vega without any hiccups.

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The netgear PowerLine product is now working seamlessly and I’m getting lossless playback.

Thanks you guys! Philosophically and financially already a lifelong customer! :slight_smile:

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