Recent content by Marakasmalan

I used a Pi 3 with an IQ A?dio Digi+ hatboard. I used the Pi as a Squeezelite endpoint, with the squeezeplayer output being the SPDIF output to the DAC module of my amplifier, whilst Kodi using the HDMI output to the AV amplifier. Worked very good and had no complaints. Later realised I could...

Vark steaks! Sounds more or less the same as F*$ks@kes! I sold a cd player to a gent in KZN. Agreed to ship via postnet. The original packaging missing, I think I did an excellent job and the OEM should be jealous. Walking in the hardware store, the hammer hits me between the eyes - I forgot...

Connect a Voltmeter to your power sock and monitor it after loadshedding - it is all over the place!

Well, but if you do not have to, don't! I lived 4 years 22 days and nine hours in Britain worked all over Europe. Did enjoy it and experienced a lot. but was very glad to be home and thought I'd never work abroad again. In SA there is a certain quality of life that is hard to define - maybe...

Mine was not a specific decision to emigrate and technically I am not emigrating (yet). But I am employed for five years on a project that we will never see the likes of in SA. Not going to commute the whole time I'm working here.

The house I am living in was build as a school, with two classrooms and two teacher apartments on top. Apparently in 1838 teachers demanded more than a bachelors flat. Space is not my concern, neither is room size. The math adds up. but the shipping price seems really horrific. Also I have some...

April I will be coming to South Africa for a week. Anybody need something that I can bring with, give a shout. Obviously, needs to be size and shape to travel as luggage. And no bags of baby powder in the amp/speaker/whatever it may be :)

I have been self employed for the lat two years, not an easy ride. I focused on subcontracting in the DRC, but the political situation there send the DRC Franc into a downwards spiral. However, somehow I got a contract in Germany, too big to focus on anything else. This will last at least 5...

I know this is an old thread, but I noticed that NAD now supplies the firmware on their website: https://nadelectronics.com/product/t-748-av-surround-sound-receiver/ Definitely solves some of the issues that normally had to be resolved with a power on/off cycle or switching inputs. Double...

Old news by now, but if you had some old kit that you afforded new life with the Arch distro, it is not good news: https://www.archlinux.org/news/phasing-out-i686-support/ http://www.pcworld.com/article/3164876/linux/arch-linux-pulls-the-plug-on-32-bit.html...

PiCorePLayer is the Operating system, based in Tiny Core. Similar to Raspbian being based on Debian. The PiCorePlayer already deploy Squeezelite as the software Squeezebox emulator.

Also look at knoppix if you just want to play. Very good distro to run from USB with lots of stuff pre-installed. If you are planning a long term linux affair, start with Arch from the start. steep learning curve, very good online resources (and unfriendly bbs / forums especially if you did not...

Or just feed via HDMI to the avr...

We once tested the IQAudio Pi-DAC+, the HifiBerry and the Raspyplay4 side by side. Everybody involved prefered either the IQAudio or the RaspyPlay4, the latter having a slighty more emphasized bass. The Pi-DAC+ and Pi-DAC pro did not yield any discerning difference in sound quality to me. ...

Does not know anything about Volumio, I only use LMS and squeezelite, and on the Pi's that is used only as a audio endpoint for LMS I run PiCorePlayer. Squeezelite is more or less (if not exactly) the same software used in the Squeezebox Touch. LMS also suit my needs and never had the need or...