Raspberry Pi & Co

If your smart phone can do things like Internet, video, etc it is because it is a very powerful miniature computer.
Let’s use this platform to build a Music Server.
The most popular is probably the Raspberry Pi.

HATS

A HAT (Hardware Attached on Top) is a card you put on top of a Pi.
It slides onto the 40 pin connector. No soldering needed!.
At boot time the HT is recognized and configured by the Pi.

Raspberry Pi € 33,49

Add a 24/192 capable Wolfson DAC € 38,95

Add a box € 24,95

There you have your 100,- music server.

Allo BOSS I2S DAC V 1.2 $65

BOSS 1.2 is a Master DAC compatible only with RPI 2 and 3
Compatible with OSMC / Max2Play / RuneAudio / Volumio / Moode / PiCorePlayer / PiMusicBox / OpenELEC and others + Roon Ready
Dedicated 384 kHz/32bit high-quality DAC PCM5122 for best sound quality
Audio output connectors: 2 x RCA (Left & Right ) & Allo Volt Amp header
HAT size
Sampling Frequency ranges from 8 kHz to 384 kHz
Ultra-low-noise voltage regulators & LPF for optimal audio performance
Integrated EEPROM for automatic configuration (with write-protection)
Automatically switching frequencies according to the input I2S signals

What kind of performance can we expect for $65?

Amir measured this DAC.

Not into DIY? At 169,- they put it in a box for you.

BOSS 1.2 PLAYER, NETWORK MUSIC PLAYER $169.00

A 1.2GHz 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 CPU
802.11n Wireless LAN
Bluetooth 4.1
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
1GB RAM
4 USB ports
Ethernet 10/100

DAC

Allo BOSS v1.2

SD Card

8GB SD pre-flashed or add-on eMMC 16GB
DietPi, Max2Play license or latest Volumio image will be provided

Casing

Black Aluminum or Clear/Black Acrylic Case
Case Dimensions: 105mm x 93mm

Added 2018

HiFIBerry

SPDIF card with transformer coupled output providing full galvanic isolation. €34.90

HIFIBERRY DAC+ PRO XLR €49.90

Added 2018

Allo USBBridge $189

Sparky computer with high quality USB audio out.

Added 2017

One DAP (Digital Audio Player) for all your music: MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, ALAC, DSD and much more. Plus, you’ll get UPNP\DLNA, Airplay, Spotify and Web-Radios all in one place.

Open Source media player.

Debian/MPD based with DLNA and Airplay.

Platforms:

Raspberry Pi

BeagleBone Black

SolidRun CuBox

UDOO

Added 2016

References

Raspberry Pi 3 as USB Audio Streamer (with recommended CRAAP config & TIDAL/MQA arrives) - Archimago's Musings