I don't know whether anyone around here had noticed this but John Westlake, who is currently in the process of designing the Mdac 2 updating (from scratch) of the m-dacf, is currently planning on working on an embedded chip version (using an Rpi or more likely Micro-SOM i2) which will be able to run player software (possibly also server software).
The M-dac 2 itself is due out around the end of the year as an upgrade board for an M-dac. It looks like costing around 800 on top of the M-dac (effectively to be used as a PSU and case only). the streamer etc version will come later and I don;t know how much it is likely to cost. The idea is for it to be able to run pretty much any linux software- and that as long as people are maintaining LMS in linux or writing squeezebox layer software, then it will be able to work. of course it should also be able to run other stuff like volumio. The intention is that as well as the player/server software it will be used to monitor and control the dac which will have loads of configurable features to be introduced in the future such as control of clock dithering, sigma delta modulation, dynamic element matching, as well as the now familiar filter options . I think it's a pretty cool idea. Am I sounding like a fanboi? well maybe. The fun of the project is really being able to watch and to some extent join in (or at least make suggestions for) the development. If there is one reservation I might have I spose it's that the feature creep could get out of hand. Worth a look I would say. http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showthread.php?t=157864 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamdea's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37603 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100948 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
