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SuperCharge your RPI power rails - RPi filter/buffer HATs
I was contacted about the DFRobot RPI filter HAT the other day. It seems the link I posted some years ago goes dead nowadays.Let's recap. On this blog you'll notice more than once that none of my...
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Everything that matters...
"Not everything that matters gets measured and not everything that gets measured matters" Nope. It wasn't him expressing it. Consider us kindred spirits. ;) Alberts original version reads"Not...
View Articleintroducing sKit 1.4 (beta)
Hi folks.I worked a little on sKit to make it more convenient and stable.* most of the tweaks get automatically installed now no real need to dig into the Audio Streaming series anymore. *...
View Articleintroducing sKit 1.1
I've added some interesting new features to sKit (1.1).1. sKit-check.shsKit-check.sh checks your installation against the mods and suggestions made in the Audio Streaming series. You'll get a quick...
View Articleintroducing soundcheck's tuning kit - pCP (sKit) 1.0
I'd like to introduce the first release of soundcheck's tuning kit - pCP (sKit) .sKit provides a small and potentially growing number of little tools that'll help to setup piCorePlayer 7.0+ and Rpi4...
View ArticleThe Audio Streaming Series - Update 2021
Hi folks.A hopefully better 2021 to all of you.For a starter I reviewed and updated the Audio Streaming Series. Filling in all my latest findings. As you might have heard piCorePlayer 70 had been...
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volume control - linear - pro-audio style
Ever thought about volume controls (VC)? ...how they work? ...digital volume controls in particular?or... ...do you simply slide your VCs up'n down enjoying the sound level getting up'n down !?!?...
View ArticleHouse keeping
I received several notifications from folks out there related to sKit and its evolution.I'd like to lay out the (my) overall situation a bit more.It took me more than 4 (rather exhausting) months to...
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RPi5 based Streaming - My Masterpiece
I'd like to introduce you to the result of my latest audio streaming project. Spoiler alert: It's the best RPi based compact streaming solution I've been able to build to date. What are we actually...
View ArticleNEWS: Lyrion Music Server just launched
Lyrion Music Server (LMS) a new kid on the block ?? Hmmmh. Not really. Actually "Lyrion Music Server" is just a brand name change of our beloved"Logitech Media Server". What they have in common is the...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi 5 - NEWS: Allo HATs revived
Just to let you know.I had opened a Trouble Ticket related to the serious Allo driverissues (https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/5843) on RPi5about 3 weeks ago.Basically all HAT devices were...
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Raspberry Pi 5 - The audio interface situation
I am usually doing a little regression testing on new hardware and new software, simply to see if my own operating system works flawless.Over years this business was stable. With the introduction of...
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Raspberry Pi 5 - M.2 NVME SSD
Why M.2 NVME SSD on a RPi5??? We might intend to create an even better audio streaming giant !?!? ;)I am always looking for increasing efficiency on the system. Efficiency? An M.2-NVME SSD attached...
View ArticleLMS-squeezelite - great corrections on the way
Are you running squeezelite with a super large replay buffer??? I am recommending such a setup in public for several years - since the beginning of squeezelite-times to be exact. I've been running and...
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Raspberry Pi 5 - a new audio streaming giant
Since mid of November 2023 I own the recently launched Raspberry Pi5 with 8GB RAM. Not that I was unhappy with the RPi4 based setup. Though after looking at the specs and knowing what higher...
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CD - RIP
(Latest Update: Oct-2020)Anybody out there still ripping CDs? Or is it just me. ;) Recently I figured that some tracks were missing. No idea when and why this happened. OK. Quick decision taken. Re-Rip...
View ArticleChattin' with Chat - the last audio mystery finally resolved ?
Let's address an issue that's been around since beginning of audiophile times. I 've been trying hardto get ChatGPT to solve that mystery for us audio nerds out here. Q:What measurements would be...
View ArticleChattin' with Chat
ME and chatGPT - some interesting conversations I had The first it starts rather funny later on I tried to touch a serious audio subject. A pretty amazing machine that chatGPT. Enjoy.ME:Can you tell...
View ArticleTouch Toolbox on github
Hi folks.I am still receiving mails of fellow audio folks asking for my Squeezebox Touch Toolbox.Squeezebox Touch, a device that's been sold until 2011, if I recall correctly.Yep. Time is flying by,...
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