Raspberry Pi 4 looks interesting.

[mkysimes]

Motivated to get a sample Pi4 up and running now. The network is no longer shared with the USB bus, meaning it could be less contention = better performance?

Alas just can't find the time to sit down and finish this. Still have over 1300 photos yet to finish post processing from my last trip, and other things to do.. Sighz. Just hope the final product is going to work, and not underwhelming.

Not to push the issue but, I can also confirm that the usb3 output on the pi4 blows away the pi3 in my listening tests.

My XMC-1 processor has a usb input. The dac is above average but I'm betting not even close to the likes of the usb dacs that most of the users here are used to. Accuphase comes to mind

In my tests the pi4 with usb to the XMC-1 comes pretty close to the pi3 with the digione using the same software. Vice versa, the pi3 with usb vs digione is no contest. The digione wins hands down.

Obviously, haven't had a chance to try the pi4 with Snakeoil and the digione but I'm guessing that would sound excellent as the usb already sounds pretty good with, IMO, inferior software.

Just a little food for thought. The moral is the pi4 clearly has a better usb output compared to the pi3 so for those who use USB dacs, I'd be interested to hear your results once Snakeoil is up and running on pi4.