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All of those things. Budget isn't massive, nor is the room. Ultimately I'm not an audio connoisseur, but if one option is better than the other I'd opt for that.
Volumio on raspi has cost me the same £30 as a Chromecast, but can also play from a hard drive or internet radio, and integrates natively into my smart home hub interface.
With raspi i can get a DAC hat and run it directly to active speakers, or a DAC+amp hat and run it to passive speakers, I'm just curious to hear why one would opt for active vs passive speakers?
Colm89
@freddo
What is the constraint? Budget? Room size? What is your objective? Great sound or cool tech? Choose speakers (or at least narrow it down to a handful you like), then amp, then source.
On the volumio I'm not sure I get why you'd use it over and above any other £30 headless DLNA client like plex on a firestick or a chromecast. Given you have to pick up a phone or tablet, you might as well open the spotify app whilst you're there. What's the benefit?