I don’t remember why but years ago I opted for Moode over Volumino. Just upgraded from a pi2 running Moode 8 to a pi3 on Moode 10. At some point they upgraded to a 64bit base os forcing my hardware update.

Local library from a Nas, Streaming sources , mpd controls , connects with many platforms, started using it with Home Assistant music server last summer running my outdoor speakers.

I don’t have hands on experience with this, but I can say that once you move into addon cards the chance for hotswap from drive bays goes up. Hotplug is a feature that many of the on board and lesser data chips don’t support well.

This sounds similar to one we had at work recently. on a new model Dell Latitude, however all we are Windows so I cant provide much assistance and Win11 has changed our whole touch pad config experience. None of the devices we have have the advanced component manufacturer settings windows anymore. Only the generic Windows settings options.