After having tested various options and setups, I finally have a fairly good idea of what I want. I aspire to now bring everything into one streamer build. This will test my abilities in woodworking, metal crafting, soldering and programming.
Style:
I envision an encasing in the style of a vintage hifi receiver using wood and sheet metal.
Silent Operation
A fanless Raspberry Pi 4 will be used
Autonomous Operations.
The streamer should be operational without the need for additional devices.
Touchscreen.
The official 7'' display shall be used to be able to switch off the display via software.
Buttons
Lots of those. I like physical buttons to interact with.
Rotary Encoder
A rotary encoder and a oled display for further interaction.
IR Blaster
Send IR signals to operate the dac (rme adi-2)
LEDs
LEDs to indicate status
Autoplay
When a play command is send to the player, amps and dac shall be switched on.
After a timeout they shall be switched of.
Modular Design
Wherever possible hardware and software should be modular to adapt to future changes.
External Dac
An external Dac is preferred over an integrated system.
Digital Transport
A digital transport hat like the allo digione or Hifiberry digi+ pro is the preferred connection to the dac.
Reliability
Operating system will reside completely in RAM. Read only file system.
Client-Server Architecture
Multiple player with minimal setup. Multiroom syncing.
Extra Features
Randomplay, Sleeptimer, Rating, dynamic playlists ….
Qobuz
High res streaming.
AirPlay
Shairport-sync integration
Local audio files
Local audio collection organized by beets.
DRC
Digital room correction camilladsp and/or Hifiberry dsp
to be continued..-
Style:
I envision an encasing in the style of a vintage hifi receiver using wood and sheet metal.
Silent Operation
A fanless Raspberry Pi 4 will be used
Autonomous Operations.
The streamer should be operational without the need for additional devices.
Touchscreen.
The official 7'' display shall be used to be able to switch off the display via software.
Buttons
Lots of those. I like physical buttons to interact with.
Rotary Encoder
A rotary encoder and a oled display for further interaction.
IR Blaster
Send IR signals to operate the dac (rme adi-2)
LEDs
LEDs to indicate status
Autoplay
When a play command is send to the player, amps and dac shall be switched on.
After a timeout they shall be switched of.
Modular Design
Wherever possible hardware and software should be modular to adapt to future changes.
External Dac
An external Dac is preferred over an integrated system.
Digital Transport
A digital transport hat like the allo digione or Hifiberry digi+ pro is the preferred connection to the dac.
Reliability
Operating system will reside completely in RAM. Read only file system.
Client-Server Architecture
Multiple player with minimal setup. Multiroom syncing.
Extra Features
Randomplay, Sleeptimer, Rating, dynamic playlists ….
Qobuz
High res streaming.
AirPlay
Shairport-sync integration
Local audio files
Local audio collection organized by beets.
DRC
Digital room correction camilladsp and/or Hifiberry dsp
to be continued..-