SQ difference - Raspberry Pi vs x86_64?

[uglymusic]

And, I wonder if NVMe boot is better than USB?

Maybe @"hkphantomgtr" can answer this?

I DO boot from USB in one of my Pi5 as I've killed its SD card slot accidentally.  Maybe due to psychological influence, I found when a Pi5 with a USB receiver for keyboard, or USB card SD card for boot, the USB output (to DAC) can't produce good sound.

And for NVMe, I didn't boot from it yet, as my NVMe hat got 1 slot only.  And I always separate the OS and music library in 2 physical drive as cloning 2T music files takes 6-7 hrs thru my 1000M intranet.

If @"uglymusic" doesn't mind, may I know why you don't want to use sd card to boot?  Or are you planning to put OS and music library in the same drive？

If I boot from NVMe drive, I'll buy one of those two-slot HATs (your thought about time copying is certainly valid). I was hoping that someone might guide me if it's worthwhile to boot from NVMe.

I'm currently booting from USB, which, I agree with @"Snoopy8", sounds better than SD card. Maybe it's read/write speed? I don't know. Which leads me to the question about booting from NVMe.

I guess it'll have to wait until one of us tries it.