Some use nano pi, some raspberry pi. I use a raspberry pi4 as a Roon bridge to my DAC through USB. I don't see the hardware making much of a difference in a streamer if their software implementation is proprietary it might affect the sound. I don't think it's well known on this site how many music streamers are based on these little pi boards.
Commercial streamer (bricasti m5 spotlighted) vs Raspberry Pi 4 implementation.
Question to the digital gurus here:
Bricasti M5 ($1500) or their streaming board in DACs (upcharge $1000) are Raspberry Pi 4 implementations. So is the streamer built in the Boulder 866. I don't know on what platforms other streamers are built upon but I wouldn't be surprised if they are all Raspberry Pi 4s as well.
My question is: given the hardware is $50 that can be bought by anyone, what is it that these companies do additionally to justify the 20X surcharge. Better software? hardware? what can they do in the hardware?
Or is just fancy casing and an audiophile price tag?
Not trying to start a brouhaha, but am just curious.
Has anyone compared a home-made Raspberry Pi 4 streamer implementation to a commercial streamer (preferably known to be implemented on a Pi 4).
I own a Bricasti M12, and might just try one day to compare (by building a pi 4 and connecting it to USB input and comparing to ethernet input of the DAC), but hopefully someone has an answer already?
Bricasti M5 ($1500) or their streaming board in DACs (upcharge $1000) are Raspberry Pi 4 implementations. So is the streamer built in the Boulder 866. I don't know on what platforms other streamers are built upon but I wouldn't be surprised if they are all Raspberry Pi 4s as well.
My question is: given the hardware is $50 that can be bought by anyone, what is it that these companies do additionally to justify the 20X surcharge. Better software? hardware? what can they do in the hardware?
Or is just fancy casing and an audiophile price tag?
Not trying to start a brouhaha, but am just curious.
Has anyone compared a home-made Raspberry Pi 4 streamer implementation to a commercial streamer (preferably known to be implemented on a Pi 4).
I own a Bricasti M12, and might just try one day to compare (by building a pi 4 and connecting it to USB input and comparing to ethernet input of the DAC), but hopefully someone has an answer already?