Raspberry Pi 4 looks interesting.

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Just curious if there are any first impressions on the usability of the pi4 yet. I haven't pulled the trigger yet because it involves new power supply, case, etc. I definitely want to do it right when it comes to the PS so it will be a bit of an investment but if the cons outweigh the pros I might hold off a bit. Anyone getting decent results? Or not?

Havn't really tried mine yet. Tried to power up with the existing microSD card and it doesn't work (will figure that out later).

This means Snakeoil OS will not boot on Pi 4 just yet (without an update).

But when I tried booting up a stock Noobs OS, the results are pretty impressive. It feels like a low power PC and very responsive... Power wise I'm just going to feed it 2.1 VDC (Not complaining yet) for now. Because I'm not going to run any CPU intensive stuffs (yet) and/or connect any additional peripherals I hope that will be enough.

Once I get my existing Pi4 up and running I'm going to run a cyclic test, and also network throughput test. These are crude, but will at least tell us how suitable this Pi4 is for music playback.

Good to hear about the responsiveness. My only problem with the pi3b+ is the lack of processing power when it comes to upsampling and stuff like that which with the new MPD version I don't find myself using as much. Still, the more the merrier! But as with all changes in hardware there is a possible change in sound quality and I'd hate to take a step back. I did read a review on some forum that they had experienced a small increase in overall sound and a huge increase in performance so I guess it will be worth a go. I know there is an updated version of Moode that works on pi4 but my experience with that software was pretty negative. Very thin sound, clinical to say the least. As soon as Snakeoil becomes available I'll probably bite the bullet and pick one up, but no rush. I'm enjoying what I have now!