Hello there,
I would like to build a Raspberry Pi based Roon endpoint for my old active speakers. These do only have RCA inputs and I have to control the volume seperately for the left and right speaker with an anlogue dial, so not very convenient. When I used the speakers in my home office in the past I had a nano patch to control the volume for both speakers between source and the monitors.
Now I`d like to reanimate the speakers with a RP4-based roon endpoint (running ropieee) and I want to use the 7" touch display to control volume (instead of the nano patch) and to have basic playback control. I have no ethernet cabling availabe in the room, and the thing has to connect to my wireless network.
Will the following parts list be good or would you suggest to pick some other components:
- RP4 board, 2GB RAM
- Official 7" TouchScreen + plastic casing (supported by ropieee)
- 32GB Micro SD Card
- Official RP4 USB-C power supply, 3 Amps
- Passive cooling kit
- Topping E30 DAC (orginially wanted to buy the D10S. ButI read that there are complaint the D10S would pick up noise becaue of the share DATA & power through a single cable) Not sure if this is really relevant. The D10S would save 40€.
Questions:
Does the parts list make sense or would you pick different components for "the job"?
Will the Raspi be able to run the display AND the Topping E30 using the single Raspberry Pi USB-C power supply? Or should I use a seperate Powersupply for the DAC instead of pulling the power from the Raspi?
Will 2GB of Memory be sufficient mid term for audio streaming purposes or should I buy the 4GB version right away?
Is the E30 really necessary or is the above mentioned concern about noise nonsense?
Will the volume control via the touch screen definitely work with the E30? For the D10S I found voices that confirmed it`s volume can be hardware controlled.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Cheers, Markus
I would like to build a Raspberry Pi based Roon endpoint for my old active speakers. These do only have RCA inputs and I have to control the volume seperately for the left and right speaker with an anlogue dial, so not very convenient. When I used the speakers in my home office in the past I had a nano patch to control the volume for both speakers between source and the monitors.
Now I`d like to reanimate the speakers with a RP4-based roon endpoint (running ropieee) and I want to use the 7" touch display to control volume (instead of the nano patch) and to have basic playback control. I have no ethernet cabling availabe in the room, and the thing has to connect to my wireless network.
Will the following parts list be good or would you suggest to pick some other components:
- RP4 board, 2GB RAM
- Official 7" TouchScreen + plastic casing (supported by ropieee)
- 32GB Micro SD Card
- Official RP4 USB-C power supply, 3 Amps
- Passive cooling kit
- Topping E30 DAC (orginially wanted to buy the D10S. ButI read that there are complaint the D10S would pick up noise becaue of the share DATA & power through a single cable) Not sure if this is really relevant. The D10S would save 40€.
Questions:
Does the parts list make sense or would you pick different components for "the job"?
Will the Raspi be able to run the display AND the Topping E30 using the single Raspberry Pi USB-C power supply? Or should I use a seperate Powersupply for the DAC instead of pulling the power from the Raspi?
Will 2GB of Memory be sufficient mid term for audio streaming purposes or should I buy the 4GB version right away?
Is the E30 really necessary or is the above mentioned concern about noise nonsense?
Will the volume control via the touch screen definitely work with the E30? For the D10S I found voices that confirmed it`s volume can be hardware controlled.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Cheers, Markus