Kef LS50 Wireless + Volumio

Help and Support
1

Hi,

I have recently bought a set of Kef LS50 Wireless speakers, and I want to extend the possibilities of what I can play on them. They have a USB in port, so I am considering getting a pi with Volumio, for all my playback needs.

Which PI should I go for? (From what I can read, 4 is what’s up. Does ram matter?)
Is this setup functional? Are there any immediate problems or challenges that I should look out for?
In essence, the speakers themselves will be doing the work as a dac, but I could not see the speakers in the official compatibility list.

I am looking for a go-ahead in essence, making sure I’m not wasting money on a pi which either overshoots spec-wise or is not compatible with the setup.

2

I don’t know about compatibility but to be futureproof I would get at least a PI4 with 2gb ram

3

For whomever might stumble upon this in the future: plug and play. Ended up with a 4gb Pi 4 due to lack of 2gbs in my area.

4

Great to hear. How do you like such combination?

5

It works great for playback purposes. The issue with the LS50’s wireless system was a limit when it came to protocol: Spotify was all right, but podcasts, local files, radio, etc. were not working. Thus, this fills that need.

6

May I ask you how you control Kef from Volumio ? Which settings did you do ?