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Pirate Audio: 3W Stereo Amp for Raspberry Pi Reviews

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Great that the connector tries to be as universal as possible!
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Posted 4 years ago
Set up using the provided links was a breeze. I opted for the matching speakers and designed a small case for the Pi zero and Pirate card that included a USB power bank so its stand alone. Mounting the speakers in a proper case gives them impressive drive and hard to believe the output is only 3W. Great short project for Pi Zero and the SW works really well as a node to stream to. Overall a full set of parts was around 50€ including printer filament so happy with the project. Speaker model is here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4683082 Have fun!
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Posted 4 years ago
Mr M Apthorpe
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Purchased to convert an old speaker into a smart one using a Pi zero. Good sound output and quite easy to set up.
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Posted 5 years ago
Tobias Andersson
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I bought this for my kid. Really easy to use and hard to misuse. Music for everyone!
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Posted 5 years ago
William Izzett
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As described
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Posted 5 years ago
Gyula Ráksi
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Works without any problem in Raspberry Pi 3B+. The software installation was easy on Raspberry Pi OS with desktop. I tried to install it on Raspberry Pi OS Lite as well, but I had to install python3-pip manually.
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Posted 5 years ago
William Izzett
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As described
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Posted 5 years ago
Matthew Short
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Fabulous project! I used a pi zero w and the small speakers available as additions. The sound quality is very good. The only improvement for me would be the ability to wire external buttons - supergluing match sticks didn't work so well. The Iris browser control mostly works well with odd glitch. I upcycled a Lick the Spoon Easter egg box for the case and it now sits in our garden room as the music player.
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Posted 5 years ago