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Hello,

I have been working on a multi room audio project.

I now have my Raspberry Pi running Max2Play, but I am wondering how do I go about attaching speakers to my Raspberry Pi?

Do I need to use a DAC, an Amp or both?

Any help, guidance or advice would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help

1uke_ wrote:Hello,

I have been working on a multi room audio project.

I now have my Raspberry Pi running Max2Play, but I am wondering how do I go about attaching speakers to my Raspberry Pi?

Do I need to use a DAC, an Amp or both?

Any help, guidance or advice would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help

The Raspberry Pi has Audio Out via the TRRS4 AV Socket, it is line level only so would need amplified speakers:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... -config.md

Audio can also be delivered through HDMI to an amplifier that way. There are also high-quality DAC HATs available, which again would be used to feed an amplifier (or active speakers).

Hi 1uke_,
If you are looking to get the best audio out of the Pi with our software, we would recommend using a DAC HAT for active speakers or stereo systems and an Amp HAT for passive speakers to be connected directly to the Pi.
Here is a chart we recently created comparing the different HAT sound cards for the Pi.