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Noisy pc what option should I choose?
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Wow james, never heard of any if that before think I need to look into this, sounds complicated but could be the answer.
Its really a home theatre pc as I only ever use it for Qobuz and Netflix.
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I too have a couple of Pis, well three actually, but one is not in use. Two are coupled with HiFiBerry Digis, one being a plus, and the other is a complete IQaudIO solution including DAC and Amp. I currently use Volumio software, which I find to be more stable than Rune Audio.
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I've had Pis running too, with great success. I currently have one running with a "Squeezebox" emulation very successfully.
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Is it the SQB Server it's running Bob? I must admit it's the Touch panel I'd miss and that's the reason I keep 'squeezing' more out of it rather than splashing on a Melco 1A!
 
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I run piCorePlayer on the R-Pi which appears as a player in Logitech Media Server, iPeng etc. I have one of HiFiBerry's amplifiers sitting on the Pi connected to a pair of Sony mini system speakers. The whole lot sits of top of a kitchen cabinet with a wifi aerial. 

My other R-Pis are idle at the moment - I went back to a Touch, Classic and Transporter 'cos I just like the displays . . .Embarrassed
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I've been very happy with my Pi3 and enjoyed the slightly DIY approach.  Don't be put off by the low price tag - Grahams's products ably demonstrate that you don't have to spend astronomical amounts of money to enjoy good audio.  

There's a small cottage industry of providers offering Pi/audio accessories although a basic player with USB out requires nothing aside from the basic Pi board (I used a cardboard enclosure for a couple of months).  The use of a micro SD card to store the operating system makes it easy to try different players; I have a preference for Volumio but am currently running Moodeaudio as its uses a more recent kernel that supports the Digi + Pro board, letting me connect to the Majestic via S/PIDF which sounds better to me.

If you decide to go this way, please feel free to get in touch either through the forum or a PM and I'd be happy to help. 

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I installed this in my new PC:

http://www.corsair.com/en-gb/hydro-series-h60-high-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler

and it's as silent as can be!
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