07-28-2018, 09:48 PM
Hi,
Katana is on the test bench and playing music :-) Its an impressive work of design and engineering. The device driver seems rock solid and the ALSA interface is straight forward and easy to use. I'm just testing with a single PSU connected to the pigtail coming off the Katana board. The optimal config is to run it with 3 PSU's, one for each board in the stack. I have two more 5V 3A PSU's coming next week and then it will be time for some dedicated listening and more information to post about this exciting audio device :-)
NOTE: The last bit of software integration is complete and it provides a config UI for changing the ESS internal chip options including its digital filters, de-emphasis settings and DoP setting. Support for the ES9038 high-resolution 32-bit hardware volume controller is provided via the existing MPD config UI. Simply select Hardware volume :-)
The plan is to release an in-place update for moOde 4.2 and updated version of the Builder that includes all the latest features, updates and bug fixes.
-Tim
Katana is on the test bench and playing music :-) Its an impressive work of design and engineering. The device driver seems rock solid and the ALSA interface is straight forward and easy to use. I'm just testing with a single PSU connected to the pigtail coming off the Katana board. The optimal config is to run it with 3 PSU's, one for each board in the stack. I have two more 5V 3A PSU's coming next week and then it will be time for some dedicated listening and more information to post about this exciting audio device :-)
NOTE: The last bit of software integration is complete and it provides a config UI for changing the ESS internal chip options including its digital filters, de-emphasis settings and DoP setting. Support for the ES9038 high-resolution 32-bit hardware volume controller is provided via the existing MPD config UI. Simply select Hardware volume :-)
The plan is to release an in-place update for moOde 4.2 and updated version of the Builder that includes all the latest features, updates and bug fixes.
-Tim
