09-11-2020, 05:52 AM
(09-08-2020, 06:34 PM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote: So something like the low-end US$10 Adafruit dac or the US$35 HiFiBerry DAC+.
If you ever move up from that Google Max speaker you might want to consider a modest USB dac in the US$100 to US$250 range. There's lots. See for example the audiosciencereview listings.
Regards,
Kent
What Kent said...
I don't know if the Pi headphone jack is still as BAD as it was back in the Pi 1 days, didn't they fix it a bit? But I think it's still fairly horrible... so getting anything should be an improvement.
For the spending forward for future improvements idea... I'm kinda liking my Schiit Modi 3 DAC... Nice little USB box for only $99, plug and play with Moode.
Measures rather well, too... https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum...-dac.4742/
Don't get fooled by the bit of noise problem complained about at the beginning, Amir finally figured it out for a driver issue, and down the review gave it a clean bill of health.
This DAC is better than some at many times it's price, and very few are this good near that price. They used to hate Schiit gear over there, but this and other recent products have changed their minds...
