04-26-2023, 12:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-26-2023, 12:34 PM by TheOldPresbyope.)
@ovizii
I don’t know what your esthetic principles are but in our household “the fewer cables, the better” is a consideration (according to she who must be obeyed).
With a Pi DAC HAT that’s easy—-it mounts directly on the Pi and the two get encased together. With most USB DACs, there’s another case and cable and possibly a separate power adapter. Not that this is a bad thing; it may provide a nice front panel display and controls and it allows the DAC to be moved easily to different systems.
However, in one of my systems I use a Khadas Tone Board (generic edition). It’s a bare board DAC with USB and S/PDIF inputs which I can package together with a Pi. Excellent audio performance and minimal clutter so my partner and I are both happy. It costs under 100USD.
Just one more way to go in this wonderful world of audio powered by Raspberry Pi and moOde. Thanks Tim.
Regards,
Kent
https://www.khadas.com/product-page/tone-board aka Tone1
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum...ost-107273
PS - somehow I managed to post only a fragment of this at first. Sorry about that.
I don’t know what your esthetic principles are but in our household “the fewer cables, the better” is a consideration (according to she who must be obeyed).
With a Pi DAC HAT that’s easy—-it mounts directly on the Pi and the two get encased together. With most USB DACs, there’s another case and cable and possibly a separate power adapter. Not that this is a bad thing; it may provide a nice front panel display and controls and it allows the DAC to be moved easily to different systems.
However, in one of my systems I use a Khadas Tone Board (generic edition). It’s a bare board DAC with USB and S/PDIF inputs which I can package together with a Pi. Excellent audio performance and minimal clutter so my partner and I are both happy. It costs under 100USD.
Just one more way to go in this wonderful world of audio powered by Raspberry Pi and moOde. Thanks Tim.
Regards,
Kent
https://www.khadas.com/product-page/tone-board aka Tone1
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum...ost-107273
PS - somehow I managed to post only a fragment of this at first. Sorry about that.
