MohnJadden wrote: > ... outputting to RCA via a 3.5mm male to RCA male splitter. The volume > is really low, even if I pump the soundbar volume to max. For whatever > reason, the volume, bass, and treble controls on the receiver don't work > - welcome to the wonderful world of thrift store audio. >
The pi 3 should be able to output at reasonable levels for a line output. The sound quality is much debated and criticised, but might be OK to you, depending on music type and setup. And sound quality is best at about 90-97% of the max volume of the pi. And if you can control the soundbar for volume, it will give you quite a reasonable sound at reduced volumes. To minimise cost, first verify the setup to your soundbar and its converter. Output from your receiver , a pi and a mobile phone should all be reasonably enough for the set. Perhaps you linked your pi though the receiver , and the receiver is reducing the output ? Eliminate it in your tests. And verify the volume of your pi output in the software ( lms WEB interface ), and use different audio files, as these can differ quite a lot too. overall bad connections can give a low volume too. Check cables till you know they are OKE. You could do without a DAC. However a dac does not need to be expensive, google pcm5102 on you favourite electronics market, and you should be able to get one below 10 Euro easy. ( a minimalistic one is available from 3 Euro, a ready to plug dac on a HAT about 20 euro's With a dac, sound quality at low levels is noticeably beter than the software dac in the pi. This enables you to reduce volume of the pi, and do not need to grab a remote IR controller for that. Good luck, M-H Pi based multi-room audio system powered by PiCorePlayer(s): Pi3B with Phat-dac in a Rasptouch, 2 pi B+ with Cirrus Logic Audio Card, Pi Zero with Phat-beat , and a few other tests... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ M-H's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111725 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
