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Probably more than you wanted to know about my hi-fi and music...

Lyrion Music Player running PiCorePlayer software, and built using RaspberryPi and IanCanada hardware; Benchmark DAC1 on top

A little background

I probably take music and audiophilia a little too seriously. Some people enjoy it and others think it's a waste of money - I just say to each their own.

Hardware

If you really enjoy music, it makes sense to invest in a system that sounds good, or at least that's the way I defend these purchases. Overall, I've build my system around Squeezeboxes in different rooms and all my music stored (flac) on a NAS. If you're not familiar with Squeezeboxes, you can think of them as Sonos before Sonos was availble, or Roon before that was available. While there are advantages and disadvantages to all of the systems, I like that the server is open-source with a large community providing enhancements, and you can build your own hardware.

I've gotten into DIY audio which offers significantly higher quality products for the money, although the price you pay is with all the time required to get things working. I've built a pre-amplifier, headphone amplifier, single-ended mono tube amplifiers, class A IC amplifiers, as well as numerous media players based on PiCorePlayer software and RaspberryPi hardware.

At this time, my systems are composed of:

Probably more than you wanted to know about my hi-fi and music...

A little background

Hardware

Living Room

Master Bedroom

Guest Room/Office

Kitchen

Patio

Kids' rooms

Family Room

Backyard

Misc

Internet Radio Stations and Podcasts

Music Reviews

Equipment Reviews