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Plug and play ??

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In Reply to: RE: Horses for courses posted by Cut-Throat on June 10, 2024 at 14:25:35

Agreed, the RPi 4B looks like the best option right now, and as a Roon user I would run RoPieee to go even simpler than PCP. I think the days of sub-$100 Pis are gone once you figure in a case, SD card, fan, and PSU. It is still economical but others are catching up quickly. However, it doesn't meet my definition of plug and play. It ships as a box of loose parts needing to be assembled.

For comparison, here's what is required with the Rendu from the moment it reaches your door:

1. Unbox it.
2. Plug in LAN, DAC and PSU. No tools required.
3. From any device on the LAN (wired or wireless), browse to sonicorbiter.com, select the unit, and make sure it is set to Roon Ready, the default (or DLNA or whatever server you're using), then reset. You only have to do this once. No apps to download; no monitor, keyboard or mouse required.
4. Start Roon and enable the Rendu. Also a one-time step.
5. Select it as the Roon endpoint (if you have more than one).
6. Play music.

A similar flowchart for RPi would have 10x that many steps. I'm sure I could figure it out, and have fun doing it, but that's not the same as plug and play.

. . . in theory, practice and theory are the same; in practice, they are different . . .

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