Looking for the best hardware for local processing of voice

Hi All,

I’ve recently experimented with the extended open AI integration, whisper and Piper. I used an A5 Atom as my local ‘ears’ but I cannot get it to work properly. The pipeline works reasonably well if I use the companion app on my phone so I’m looking for advice on the device I should purchase to replace my A5 Atom.

Could you point me in the right direction?