Hello !
I am surely using the wrong word here because i can’t find what i am looking for.
I want a good enough, linux compatible, dac+amp box that don’t drive headphone but (8ohm ?) speakers (bookshelf, in ceiling …)
The goal is to rack 4 of them in a 1u network cabinet space, and connect them to a nuc for multiroom audio.
Because i am running Squeezebox, off the shelf multiroom audio won’t cut it.
I also need it to be 100% silent when not in use (some kind of cutoff) and to be ok running 24/7/365.
Right now in my kitchen i have a rpi 3b+ with a hifiberry amp2 for about 90€, but it’s such a waist of CPU.
So the hole thing need to not exceed 400€ or it won’t be worth it.
What is the name of a dac+amp Speaker combo ?
Anything good enough for my use in mind ?
I have the MKII version of this DAC. While it’s decent, it’s not very powerful, even when outputting to a set of Logitech 2.1 desktop speaker sets. I pretty much have to have the DAC at full output volume via RCA to get decent sound out of it. I wouldn’t recommend it for this application.