Streamer Wars (Wiim, Bluesound, Pi, Eversolo)

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In my experience, any streamer is better than a PC, even with an expensive DDC, isolator, and fancy cables. But is it worth spending more money on a more expensive streamer or can you get the same sound for dramatically less? And will the user experience and features add up for you? Well, for me, anyway, this isn't a review channel. Don't buy from Amazon, buy from Bloom Audio: https://bloomaudio.com (Not an affiliate link nor a sponsorship, though Andrew from Bloom leant me the Eversolo DMP A10) Corrections: * I flipped this in my head, iWii actually says the T8 sounds better as a transport than the A8, not the reverse. I'm going to see if I can edit that out of the video * The Wiim apparently can ALSO do subwoofer delay like the Eversolo and test for timing between the main speakers and the subs, which is pretty remarkable. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro, DDC vs. Pi 5:38 About my set-up, streaming services, and connection methods 9:22 Wiim Ultra 13:18 Bluesound Node (2021) 16:48 Eversolo DMP A10 19:06 Raspberry Pi w/ Hifiberry Digi+ Pro and Pi2Design Pi2AES 2.0 hats 36:43 Bottom line Discussed in this episode: * Matrix Audio X-SPDIF 3 DDC * JDS Labs Snapse USB isolator * Raspberry Pi 4 * Hifiberry Digi+ Pro HAT * Pi2Design Pi2AES 2.0 HAT * Bluesound Node (2021) * Wiim Ultra * Eversolo DMP A10 * Eversolo T8 Streaming Transport * Pi2Design Mercury Mini streamer * Holo Red * Volumio Rivo+ * Volumio OS * Ropieee * Moode * PiCorePlayer * Lyrion Music Server * Roon * Audirvana