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Is hifiberry the best budget sreaming reciever? (self.budgetaudiophile)

submitted 1 year ago by Copernican to c/budgetaudiophile

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I'm fed up of trying to make a echo dot permanently muted work as a Spotify streaming device for my powered speakers. The account management for a multi user household and linking specific Amazon accounts is broken. I want a device that allows basically any user on my home wifi nw to pick a device to stream to like a Chromecast.

I've been still shocked about the cost of a raspberry pi these days, but is 100 dollars for a bundle of components really the best option out there for a straight forward streaming receiver to connect to some powered book shelf speakers? Are there any other options under 100 bucks?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have used a hifiberry before and it works fine. I am not sure what the 'best' alternative udget device would be, but I am also using a Chromecast audio without issues. It is smaller and cheaper than a hifiberry. Sadly, they were discontinued a while back, so you would need to see if you can find a used one.

[–] Copernican 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there known long term support for chromecast audio? 70 bucks seems pricey for older hardware where I don't know if I need to worry about updates.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think they don't offer any support, since they don't sell these things anymore. My Chromecast audio still just works though.