RE: RPi5 - the first month

Posted by soundchekk (A) on December 27, 2023 at 00:08:29

In Reply to: RE: RPi5 - the first month posted by ivan_terrible on December 26, 2023 at 13:03:44:

Great that you bring it up.

I've been running a CM4 attached to a Waveshare IO-Base in my "main" system
for quite some time. And I've been using a 2230 NVME SSD. Since about 6 months
a 2TB! 2230 SSD. (BTW: different types of SSDs were causing different sound signatures). I tried all other storage options (SD,eMMC,USB-SATA) against it!
With above setup I've been using my IMO (still) excellent Allo Katana HAT DAC.
Why?? USB is rather crappy on these Waveshare IO boards.

The system ran @2200MHz. At times I was running even @2300MHz. All with passive
cooling of course.

And this setup had been my best RPI audio streaming and playback setup for quite some time!

And. I also own all other types of RPis. Just to mention it.

Bottom line.

Here you have it. Black on white. This CM4 setup was/is "in audiophile terms" considerably worse compared to my new RPi5 setup. The RPi5 is simply a lot
better in many areas. Just have a look at the specs for a start.

Keep in mind though. Not just the HW matters. Poorly integrated SW can cause
a lot of trouble. Since the RPi5 is a rather new device, there might be space for improvement on the SW side for most of the people out there.

As usual. How one judges or values the achieved changes is a pretty subjective
matter with a lot of variables at play...

Enjoy.

Note:
We're a small group of audiophiles over here running pretty similar setups. The opinions or - most of the time - experiences I am expressing over here are usually verified against several other systems and ears out there.

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Topic - RPi5 - the first month - soundchekk 23:50:49 12/25/23 (33)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - ivan_terrible 08:33:42 12/29/23 (0)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - ivan_terrible 01:27:20 12/27/23 (2)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - AbeCollins 14:48:12 12/28/23 (1)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - ivan_terrible 04:34:00 12/29/23 (0)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - ivan_terrible 01:08:07 12/27/23 (24)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - Ryelands 06:18:24 12/27/23 (22)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - ivan_terrible 11:21:46 12/27/23 (17)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - E-Stat 11:43:37 12/27/23 (16)

Those don't appear to show... - mlsstl 19:41:01 12/27/23 (9)

RE: Those don't appear to show... - E-Stat 20:35:15 12/27/23 (8)

RE: Those don't appear to show... - mlsstl 05:12:31 12/28/23 (7)

Really? - E-Stat 06:15:00 12/28/23 (6)

Ok... - mlsstl 07:11:11 12/28/23 (5)

RE: Ok... - E-Stat 07:15:53 12/28/23 (4)

A follow-up - mlsstl 16:25:24 12/28/23 (3)

All observed by me in the linked post - E-Stat 16:57:26 12/28/23 (2)

And now you have a side-by-side example! -nt - mlsstl 18:02:18 12/28/23 (1)

What I'm thankful for is - E-Stat 06:59:58 12/29/23 (0)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - ivan_terrible 14:39:22 12/27/23 (5)

Yes - E-Stat 15:37:59 12/27/23 (4)

RE: Yes - zacster 19:10:33 12/27/23 (3)

That's clearly the case - E-Stat 20:25:14 12/27/23 (2)

RE: That's clearly the case - ivan_terrible 00:59:12 12/28/23 (1)

You have a problem - E-Stat 05:49:10 12/28/23 (0)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - ivan_terrible 08:55:01 12/27/23 (0)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - zacster 08:30:04 12/27/23 (2)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - Ryelands 09:18:34 12/27/23 (1)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - zacster 11:22:59 12/27/23 (0)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - soundchekk 06:00:05 12/27/23 (0)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - ivan_terrible 13:03:44 12/26/23 (3)

I go the other direction - E-Stat 07:36:52 12/27/23 (1)

RE: I go the other direction - Dawnrazor 10:57:03 01/03/24 (0)

RE: RPi5 - the first month - soundchekk 00:08:29 12/27/23 (0)

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