Which Pi?

ICLlP

Hi, I'm thinking of putting together a new player based on a HiFiDigi+ and RuneAudio. Which model Pi should I buy, 2 or 3?

hondagx35

Hi ICLIP,

Which model Pi should I buy, 2 or 3?

I would go with a RP3, because
pro
- nearly no difference in price
- more powerful
- integrated wifi (may not necessarily be used)
- integrated bluetooth (maybe later usage)
con
- draws more power

The RP3 will get more powerful if we get a 64-bit Kernel.

Note: The current installation uses the 32-bit Raspberry Pi 2 armv7h root filesystem. This will be changing eventually to use our AArch64 repository to take full advantage of the ARMv8 Cortex-A53 cores. If you want an AArch64 system, consider the ODROID-C2.

Frank

Bjarne

Hi Frank
Why must integrated Wi-Fi in rpi3 not be used?
Regards Bjarne

ICLlP

Thanks Frank.

hondagx35

Hi Bjarne,

Why must internal Wi-Fi in rpi3 not be used?

Sorry, but i am not a native English speaker.

The internal wifi isn't great at all especially when used in an enclosure.
If you need more range you can also use a usb dongle.
So it should be:
- integrated wifi (may not necessarily be used)

Frank

vikassm73

When you are buying HiFiDigi+ , please check which version of PI it support. If you are using this only for music, you can go for any old PI version to save some bugs. Otherwise go for Pi 3.0