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SQ difference - Raspberry Pi vs x86_64?
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09-Apr-2025, 03:41 PM
(06-Feb-2025, 08:46 AM)Snoopy8 Wrote: I have yet to come across a CM5 based audio player. 

There is a CM5 development kit
https://au.element14.com/raspberry-pi/sc...dp/4575935
(No idea of differences between EU, US, UK etc versions) 
Trying to understand why the CM5 is better than the Pi5.  Is the limitation the existing I/O board? And should be replaced by a dedicated audiophile board?
A CM4 audio player may well be hot swappable to CM5 as the pin-outs are largely compatible.

A RPi5 is an all-in-one general purpose computer. And a CM5 is more like a brain, it needs to be part of another board to become a compute unit. So if we a board that's specifically designed for audio, adding a CM5 to this board could well make it sing (as the CPU on the CM5 is a lot faster than the CM4 CPU)
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SQ difference - Raspberry Pi vs x86_64? - by justme - 25-Jan-2025, 08:49 AM
skel - by skel - 29-Jan-2025, 05:36 PM
RE: SQ difference - Raspberry Pi vs x86_64? - by agent_kith - 09-Apr-2025, 03:41 PM

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