Hey everyone,
Nice to meet you all! I was thinking to post this in the Class D forum. If I should, please let me know.
I've acquired a Raspberry Pi 4 and an Aiyinma TPA3255 amplifier connected to a pair of Nephila Speakers I've put together.
After successfully installing Moode and being fairly pleased with the results, I'd like to expand.
Here is where I would like to ask for your expert advice!
Goal:
1. Play HQ songs from the HDD connected to the pi
2. Stream "HQ" music from Spotify - I have premium if this helps for quality - open to people's thoughts on this from a sound quality perspective
3. I'd like to add a touch screen to the Pi, though it isn't entirely necessary if there is a simple way to access the music on the HDD from my phone
4. ref point 3 - have access to the hq content from my phone
5. easily beable to add other devices to stream music from - do people go the bluetooth route or wifi rout for this?
Details?:
1. I'm not committed to Moode and have not tried the other main ones
2. I've read many comments about Hats vs External DACs. Zooming out, an External DAC sounds like the right way to go when considering flexibility/future proofing. Might even run the speakers active one day
3. I've been looking at the Topping D30 DAC
4. Price point is $130 CAD for the DAC side of things
5. Still will need a power supply for the DAC and Pi
Looking forward to all of your wonderful expertise on this!
Thanks 🙂
J
Nice to meet you all! I was thinking to post this in the Class D forum. If I should, please let me know.
I've acquired a Raspberry Pi 4 and an Aiyinma TPA3255 amplifier connected to a pair of Nephila Speakers I've put together.
After successfully installing Moode and being fairly pleased with the results, I'd like to expand.
Here is where I would like to ask for your expert advice!
Goal:
1. Play HQ songs from the HDD connected to the pi
2. Stream "HQ" music from Spotify - I have premium if this helps for quality - open to people's thoughts on this from a sound quality perspective
3. I'd like to add a touch screen to the Pi, though it isn't entirely necessary if there is a simple way to access the music on the HDD from my phone
4. ref point 3 - have access to the hq content from my phone
5. easily beable to add other devices to stream music from - do people go the bluetooth route or wifi rout for this?
Details?:
1. I'm not committed to Moode and have not tried the other main ones
2. I've read many comments about Hats vs External DACs. Zooming out, an External DAC sounds like the right way to go when considering flexibility/future proofing. Might even run the speakers active one day
3. I've been looking at the Topping D30 DAC
4. Price point is $130 CAD for the DAC side of things
5. Still will need a power supply for the DAC and Pi
Looking forward to all of your wonderful expertise on this!
Thanks 🙂
J
if you're looking at the Topping D30 I would also consider the E30. You could start with a basic power supply and later upgrade to an Allo Nirvana for example.
Spotify Connect at 320kbps (with Premium) works fine with Moode and sound quality is decent but perhaps not the best.
Playing music from your HDD plugged into a USB socket on the Pi is very straightforward.
You can access everything in Moode via a web browser on your phone, tablet, laptop or whatever.
Spotify Connect at 320kbps (with Premium) works fine with Moode and sound quality is decent but perhaps not the best.
Playing music from your HDD plugged into a USB socket on the Pi is very straightforward.
You can access everything in Moode via a web browser on your phone, tablet, laptop or whatever.
Thanks, is it jsut me or have you noticed others using both a pi hat and an external DAC to accomplish what I seek?
You can do it all with one DAC. Having tried HAT DACs my preference is now for an external USB one.
I'm very new to RPi streaming as well. I've been using Volumio on an Allo DigiOne, but it's pretty buggy. This is with Spotify Connect. I have an iPhone, my wife has an android. One or both of us is always having connectivity dropouts, or Volumio won't even show up (for the android). We don't use roon, nor do we have any local files we want to play. Just streaming Spotify, and maybe Tidal or Qobuz at some point.
I tried to set up Moode and had problems. Do you know of a good Moode resource for people who are illiterate at this stuff? I got lost with the moode setup guide.
I really just want something that sounds good and works, and I can't afford a Node 2i, even used. I used to use a CCA, but the Digione was a clear step up in SQ. But what's that worth if you can't get the dang thing to work?
If you can afford it, I'd highly recommend the Schiit Modius DAC. It sounds amazing to me for $200. It was a big step up from my JDS Labs OL DAC.
I tried to set up Moode and had problems. Do you know of a good Moode resource for people who are illiterate at this stuff? I got lost with the moode setup guide.
I really just want something that sounds good and works, and I can't afford a Node 2i, even used. I used to use a CCA, but the Digione was a clear step up in SQ. But what's that worth if you can't get the dang thing to work?
If you can afford it, I'd highly recommend the Schiit Modius DAC. It sounds amazing to me for $200. It was a big step up from my JDS Labs OL DAC.
Hey, the latest moode release is fairly straight forward.
Did you load the pi image on the sdcard yourself? If so, it's a breeze. Otherwise, you'll just need an image tool like Etcher and burn the zip file directly on a clean SD card (it'll even clean the SD card for you-beware files will be deleted). Then plug the card and your pi and that's basically it aside from setting up the wifi once you're in. You'll have access to moode from any computer connected to the same modem as the pi. Oh yea, connect the pi using an ethernet cord to the modem. makes it simpler. You'll have wifi after accessing the moode process from your computers browser. Http://moode.local or something like that. Otherwise type the ip address your pi is located at.
Did you load the pi image on the sdcard yourself? If so, it's a breeze. Otherwise, you'll just need an image tool like Etcher and burn the zip file directly on a clean SD card (it'll even clean the SD card for you-beware files will be deleted). Then plug the card and your pi and that's basically it aside from setting up the wifi once you're in. You'll have access to moode from any computer connected to the same modem as the pi. Oh yea, connect the pi using an ethernet cord to the modem. makes it simpler. You'll have wifi after accessing the moode process from your computers browser. Http://moode.local or something like that. Otherwise type the ip address your pi is located at.
The setup of Moode is basically the same as Volumio. You can just ignore the first part of the guide about ssh etc. Configure the player via the menu at top right of the page having read the 'quick help' that you canfind there.
Edit: If you need help you can get it here of course, or on Moode's own Forum: Moode Forum
Edit: If you need help you can get it here of course, or on Moode's own Forum: Moode Forum
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