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Furthermore, there is no objective difference of significance to be found with the RightMark tests using 16/44, 24/96 and 24/192 signals. Maybe the only difference between the machines would be the hum of the Surface computer's internal fan on a quiet night with very low ambient noise in the sound room.
#Audirvana plus 3 tidal pro
It sounds great to me and I would not be able to tell a difference between the Pi 3 or ODROID-C2, or Surface Pro 3 sending the audio through ASIO. The Raspberry Pi 3 playing to the USB DAC is indeed "clean" as in just as noise-free and "bit-perfect" as other computer-based servers sending to a good asynchronous DAC (no surprise and further discussed here last summer). In any event, I cannot imagine this making significant audible difference way down there in the noise floor. Nothing much to see, but there is a tiny sideband pair visible with the ODROID-C2 that's not there in Raspberry Pi 3 although the low-level "skirting" may have been less with the ODROID. Also, we'll have a look at the jitter test measurements.įirst, let's run a few of the usual distortion measurements.
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As usual, what is important is to check the analogue output of the DAC and make sure there's no evidence of excess noise or distortion. > TEAC UD-501 DAC -> shielded 6' RCA -> Focusrite Forte ADCįor convenience, I'll just use the most recent piCorePlayer 3.02 streaming from my Logitech Media Server (recent 7.9.0 nightly build) computer down the gigabit ethernet to the Raspberry Pi 3 (remember, unlike the gigabit ODROID-C2, the Pi 3 is only capable of up to 100Mbps) and then the rest of the chain is as described above. "Streaming Device" -> 6' generic shielded USB
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To make this an apples-to-apples comparison, let's use essentially the same set-up as what I did before: The power supply for the Pi 3 is the same "freebie" FujiFilm branded switching 5V 1.0A supply that came with an old digital camera years ago that I used in the ODROID-C2 measurements. Notice the USB cable out to the DAC (which is "Unconnected!" of course since the power is pulled) is plugged into the upper left USB port (if you're wondering). In the image above, we see my Pi 3 in the red box.