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While it's true that the newer Pi's has built in WiFi...

Posted by Ivan303 on September 26, 2017 at 20:52:59:
Some here claim that the dongles work better, depending on the S/PDIF 'HAT' one chooses to use, or so I am told.

I have a bedroom that has poor WiFi coverage so the below was suggested by another inmate. Yet to more the Pi so I haven't tried WiFi as yet but will soon.

What are you using to power your Pi?

In my experience, and my streaming reference is the much more expensive uRendu with a $400 LPS-1 for power, is that the Pi is quite sensitive to the quality of its 5V source. Real audible improvement can be had by a simple $20-$50 PS upgrade.

Cheapo Jameco transformer LPS or the iFi iPower are a couple reasonable choices.