A Retro, Not Steampunk, Media Center

http://hackaday.com/2013/10/02/a-retro-not-steampunk-media-center/

by gedrap • 13 years ago

80 19 13 years ago

snissn• 13 years ago

this is sick

kaoD• 13 years ago

I wonder how is the streamed audio being output to the speakers. As far as I know, non-HDMI Raspberry PI's audio capabilities just suck.

jws• 13 years ago

USB sound card

ekianjo3• 13 years ago

USB sound cards are not always of very good quality. They do transform the signal in various ways.

I mean, if you are serious about audio, you should not even be using a Pi in the first place.

alphakappa• 13 years ago

This is all around awesome. Every bit of it, right down to the power strip[1] seems to be well-chosen to fit the aesthetic. Truly, a great mix of engineering and artistic skills.

1. http://audio.toddkumpf.com/power-strip#

arethuza• 13 years ago

Probably the best combination of personal engineering and artistic skills is the work (hobby?) of Tatjana J. van Vark:

http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/projects.html

Some of her stuff is absolutely stunningly beautiful and wonderfully esoteric e.g. "Mechanical Fourier Analysis and Synthesis":

http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/harmonium/harmonium.html

state_machine• 13 years ago

Anyone have suggestions for a good, cheap-ish, USB DAC? I use my rpi for Airplay but the onboard DAC is not the best.

alexhawdon• 13 years ago

Check out http://www.raspyfi.com/. Their aim is to turn the RPi in to a respectable HiFi source so the DAC is a big part of this.

BostonEnginerd• 13 years ago

I've had good luck using one similar to this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MUSE-AUDIO-X5-MINI-HIFI-USB-DAC-PCM2...

It's no frills, but the noise floor seems pretty low and it eliminates any popping sounds.

gr3yh47• 13 years ago

anyone know what the 2 tracks in the video are?

metl_lord• 13 years ago

Yellow Bird and Vibe Vendetta off of Pretty Light's A Color Map of the Sun.

wmeredith• 13 years ago

The band is Pretty Lights, not Pretty Light's, for anyone else trying to look them up.

Fuzzwah• 13 years ago

Site appears to be suffering under the load. Here's links to google cache for a few of the pages:

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A Retro, Not Steampunk, Media Center

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