SQ difference - Raspberry Pi vs x86_64?

[hkphantomgtr]

2) Pi5 with 10M OCXO clock. 

Where did you get this?

树莓派Raspberry Pi 4B/5升级改装OCXO超低相噪恒温晶振PLL时钟板-淘宝网

same as above link
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?_u=pv0v...2e8didq1VK

They don't sell Pi 5.  So one have to buy in somewhere else and then send to them to mod.  And I hope they will send to overseas, too.
The original stock Pi 5 is not hot at all, the cooling fan directed controlled by pi5 never turn on when running MPD.   The But the Pi 5 with that 10M clock is a power hunger and it will got to 70-80 degree in several mins (of course it depends on your room temperature).  When Pi 5 at such temperature, it'll become malfunction.  And prolonged high temperature will damage Pi5.  I've got a damaged one from hi temperature (I believe).  So a fan is needed.

This may be relevant @Snoopy8. I've always split the server and client functions, and I know you've mentioned how you think this gives better SQ. The server is a much simpler beast than the client. As far as I can see, it doesn't need replacement clocks and it has so far run totally fine with passive cooling on both the RPi 5 and the NVMe drive. I've yet to check temperatures, but it only draws a maximum of 1.4 amps, and normally averages around 1.1 amps. And, by eliminating the fan, you don't need to worry about that source of noise, powering it independently, etc.

@hkphantomgtr I'll need to put the page through Google Translate, but it looks very interesting. I'm going to have to tackle the clock issue with my client build when I get to it.

I think, even a pi5 is just a client, I believe it still deserves a better clock.