Ok, I was using exfat because I still have the macs and am in the process of trying to convert my music setup to pc, which I'm clueless on how to use, basically I got fed up with iTunes. Is exfat no good with the pi?
I just managed to Cobble together a powered USB, plugged the ssd in and plugged it into the pi, bingo, got music from the ssd, all good, no error codes coming up. Sounds pretty good, seems maybe not as clean as straight from pc to dac, at the high end, snares and symbols maybe a little dirty, I'll listen more. What do you all think of the sound in this setup, any tips for cleaning up expanding the high end, one of the things I love bout my tube amps sound is it's like there's no ceiling. I'll listen more though, might be just my imagination, or tweaters.
Now I want to explore volumio's possibilities. Can I use it to send music being played in a browser page, for example band camp, to the pi, or would that require a full pi os. Any suggested improvements? And then the big one, ripping vinyl and archiving music, is it possible with the pi? Just loving hearing my music now, it's been awhile. Still interested in ps solutions that are a bit slicker, not super into a USB hub as part of my sixties hifi system, or a box of bits either. What do you guys think about powered USB hub and it's connections affecting sound?