I am currently running JRiver with a desktop pc running win 10 with a USB Modi DAC and it sounds pretty nice however not without issues. Main gripe is with win 10 itself (although the hp desktop could be the culprit which was upgraded from win 8.0)which has been buggy for quite some time. Main issues are the fickle start menu which currently is not working, and the DAC sometimes plays noticeably fast or pulses on and off rapidly. A reboot cures this but still.. Another issue was the pc locked up the other day and the monitor would not show anything from the pc. Reboot several times before finally getting a very unstable boot up. In the meantime I had no access to my music for most of the day which was not tolerated very well!
So that brings me to the subject of this thread. I have been thinking about a Raspberry Pi 3 with a hard drive remote located in another room and running JRiver and using a flat screen TV with hdmi as a monitor. I would like to stick with the Modi USB DAC at least for the time being. This would be a dedicated music server. I am not super tech savvy, especially on this platform. I am not terribly interested in streaming music as I have a slow isp plan.
What are the issues for setting this up?
I would like to use a small wireless keyboard to access and control the Raspberry and JRiver from my listening chair. I am looking for
(a) increased reliability,
(b) possibly better sound,
(c) keeping my music completely separate from my buggy pc. Is this something a novice can tackle? Are there any Raspberry platform systems that are pre set up for music server use? I know that there are other options out there but for the purpose of this thread I would like to stick to information relevant to the Raspberry (or similar) systems as a music server. Thanks for any information and experience using this computer.
So that brings me to the subject of this thread. I have been thinking about a Raspberry Pi 3 with a hard drive remote located in another room and running JRiver and using a flat screen TV with hdmi as a monitor. I would like to stick with the Modi USB DAC at least for the time being. This would be a dedicated music server. I am not super tech savvy, especially on this platform. I am not terribly interested in streaming music as I have a slow isp plan.
What are the issues for setting this up?
I would like to use a small wireless keyboard to access and control the Raspberry and JRiver from my listening chair. I am looking for
(a) increased reliability,
(b) possibly better sound,
(c) keeping my music completely separate from my buggy pc. Is this something a novice can tackle? Are there any Raspberry platform systems that are pre set up for music server use? I know that there are other options out there but for the purpose of this thread I would like to stick to information relevant to the Raspberry (or similar) systems as a music server. Thanks for any information and experience using this computer.