dafiend wrote: > By "'design' work", you mean software design??
No hardware. I design my own circuits and PCBs for amps, power supplies and soon DACs. > Again, I may be wrong here, but shouldn't a class-compliant USB DAC > actually be less work? For many class-compliant USB DACs, you got > out-of-the-box support in the standard linux kernel made available by > Raspian and the like, not just in newer, but also in older kernel > versions. (I am aware picoreplayer is not based on Raspian). For a > Hifiberry, you may need to build your own kernel, as the default kernel > will generally be missing some modules unless you're using a very recent > kernel. The same argument can be used for I2S. It is a standard. Every I2S DAC should just work. Issues do arise for sampling rates, I2C (C not S) controls etc. > I don't know, when I read this forum, everybody seems to say you *need* > a RPi + picoreplayer + a Hifiberry add-on card. I don't understand why > that is. Why not a cheap USB audio dongle or a cheap high-quality USB > DAC such as the Behringer UCA 202? Both are cheaper than a Hifiberry. > They are easier to hook up than a Hifiberry (and they won't require a > bigger case for the RPi). And, lastly, they're available domestically in > many countries so, unlike with the Hifiberry, I don't have to import the > good, paying high shipping rates and import tariffs and wait like 2 > weeks for the good to arrive from Switzerland. Everyone has preferences depending on lots of different reasons. Your decision may be dependant of availability. Mine is on cheapness. I buy the cheapest component I can find from China. When I build my own I read the datasheets and determine what chips have the better specs. Others may think Brand A sounds better then Brand B. Some like recommendations from happy users. > One more edit: Is it possible that various devs working on picoreplayer > or related DIY-squeezeboxes have some kind of financial interest in > Hifiberry? hmmm....:mad: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greg Erskine's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7403 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97803 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
