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As a footnote to my ordering a DigiOne Signature - there are a couple of extra bits that the prospective owner will need:

1) An extra power supply.
2) USB C connectors (2 of them).

The 2-board arrangement calls for 2 separate power links - the 'dirty' board can be run from a 5V/3A switching wall-wart - which will also provide power to the Pi board. The 'clean' board needs a noise-free DC source such as a linear PSU or Allo can provide a rechargeable battery-pack.

Raspberry Pi's normally get power via a Micro-USB plug, but in this case the power sockets are on the Allo board and these are the reversable USB C type as found on current smartphone models. Adaptor plugs from Micro-USB (female) to USB C (male) can be found online.

It comes with 2 USB C connectors or at least mine did i hope you enjoy it Fretless keep us posted mine is built but not operational just yet.

Been keeping up to date with this thread. I will defo be trying this streaming malarky out when funds allow. Still not quite sure the best and simplest way to store downloads and access them but I'm sure I will get there in the end. Keep up the fantastic info guys.

Downloads: copy them to a Network hard-drive (NAS) which means you can access your music files from anywhere in the home. Or a USB storage disk can be attached directly to the Pi.

Nearly set to go:
Pi board with Volumio installed - check.
New USB C cables / adaptors - check.
Extra 5V/3A wall-wart - check.

Just waiting for Allo to ship the DigiOne and case.

All this faffing about with boxes and wires to trip over I trip easily - cough...

Is this really so 'bad' (being a Richer Sounds Special) that you lot wouldn't even consider one? -

https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/gbr/en/p ... /cx/cxn-v2

I dare say it has its place but when you can build way better for less than half the price it wouldn't even register on my thought process

Artist's impression of my next Pi project ....

Dsjr . Pick your feet up as my mother used to say when i was a child Fretless in your Artist's impression of your next project you have forgotten to include the giggle pin on the laughter shaft it will end in tears

montechristo358 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 18, 2018 12:39 pm I dare say it has its place but when you can build way better for less than half the price it wouldn't even register on my thought process

*In this case,* have you directly compared them please? It seems a bloody load of faff when you can get for well under a grand (we're not talking Naim or Linn here), a streaming option you possibly can sell to your better half Cambridge stuff does seem pretty well designed.

I know it's easy to knock commercial products, but sometimes, they can actually be ok I feel. I'll get out here as I know I'm not a 'Pi' kind of builder or modifier.

I haven't but I;m 99% certain it won't sound any better than an allo signature and it won't have the functionality of a Squeezebox

I run Squeezebox server on an old PC, use a PI for the client and control with either its touchscreen or a tablet.

my wife is in her words "to technology what Michael Jackson was to child minding" and even she can use it