Your list of acceptable compromises is likely quite different than my own. Throughout this guide, I’ll explain what (and why) I selected for my own build, and I’ll also provide available options for you to make your own purchase decisions. I tried to select high-quality components firmly situated in the bang-for-the-buck category. With champagne tastes and my (cheap) beer budget firmly in mind, my frugality-fueled motivation was to see how fully-featured and high-fidelity a product I could create for the least amount of money possible. And the price CAN be far less than a finished commercial product with similar features and sound quality. It’s the ultimate DIY device, allowing the average tinkerer to select components and easily combine them into a custom product. Rather than using a multi-purpose, complicated, and inherently noisy computer to serve up digital music files, a Pi streamer can offer a streamlined and straightforward solution. Many compelling aspects of a Pi-based streamer became apparent when using the Streamer Ultra. ![]() My biggest takeaway from using a commercial Pi-based network music streamer was that I could build one myself! While I appreciated the device’s idea and sound quality, I struggled to justify the price and the compromises made in convenience and features. ![]() ![]() I recently reviewed the Orchard Audio PecanPi Streamer Ultra, a Raspberry Pi-based network music streamer device with an integrated touchscreen. I purchased all the components used in this guide.
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