![]() ![]() I would not recommend this speaker if you wish to fill a room with nice quality audio (even for a small room). Since I am using it for quiet ambient music, it works well enough for that purpose. Please keep in mind that the audio quality is actually worse than a cell phone especially at loud volumes but when turned down low, it does sound more similar to the quality of phone speakers. This is a perfectly acceptable requirement for my use case for my youngest child (for my older children, I am looking into using a small touch screen so they can pick their own music to give them more control). ![]() To select music, a web browser on a phone or computer must be used. The kids can only press play/pause, next track, and volume up/down for the current play queue or playlist. The Pirate Audio HAT only has a few simple buttons and is not a touch screen so you cannot choose the audio from the device itself. The Pi Zero is protected within the case as well as the microSD card so the kids cannot mess with those components. ![]() What I came up with for my youngest child’s bedroom is using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W in a Flirc case (which is a beautiful case) with a Pimoroni Pirate Audio Speaker/Display HAT on top. Since my kids will be touching it, I wanted minimal electronics exposure to reduce the likelihood of damaging the hardware but also there could be a small chance of getting an electrical shock. Because of the requirement to use off the shelf components, I had to strike a balance between having some components inside of a pretty case and other components outside of the case. Although I enjoy digging into more complex projects, I do not always have time to spend on them. My goal was to use only off the shelf components that are “plug and play” to keep things simple. I have long said that I should just build my own music player so all they can do is pick music and nothing else. You can only disable and hide so many features on the iPhone. However, the kids are very tempted to play with the phones which has caused some issues in the past (filling up the storage with random photos, etc.). ![]() In my children’s bedrooms, we use old iPhones to play quiet music at bedtime and at nap time. ![]()
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