I did not listened to it, but if I should put on an headphone system, this will be my device of choice. If you wish to know more about this, well here are your answers. Again, this device came trough a pedissequal engineering process, aiming to obtain verifiable transparent performances. If you’re in headphones mood, then you should definetely consider also the Nwavguy’s combo of ODAC + H2. Sounds really neutral and detailed Get it on Epiphany Acoustics or HeadnHifi It’s engineering is carefully documented I dropped it in favour of my Diy XMOS2 + Sabre Dac But honesltly I have to admit that nowadays you can have something better in that price range, especially with Diy. Just math, only objective evaluations (that’s where the name comes, O stands for objective).
This DAC, when it came out, outperformed most highly regarded dac as of S/N ratio, db range and so on. You know, I’m quite pragmatic and I don’t like the “esoteric” fuzz most designer use to develop their produtcts. I bought it as soon as it came out, fascinated by the phylosofical meaning it had. It was built to have outstanding measurable specs.
Raspberry pi bitperfect usb trial#
The ODAC was designed to prove that engineering a really transparent musical device required a careful trial and error approach, debunking some audiophiles myths. This DAC set lots of controversies since the beginning of it’s development by the heretical designer NwAvGuy.
I also reccommend to read the (italian) review by, is well worth it! Features one of audiophile’s favourite DAC RaspyFi is being developed while listening to this dac. This DAC sounds really really good, and it’s design just increases its appeal. For sure a really hard to beat combo for that price. For less than 100 bucks you get an async usb receiver (the highly regarded CM6331A) paired with the legendary AK 4396. This is the latest dac from the guys from Schiit. My friends at Tforum report that it’s capable of driving low-impedance headphones, altough a custom headphones amp is commonly suggested. Furthermore it can output Spdif signal via coax, you can use it as a cheap transport. But this has an advantage over it’s famous competitor: it can eventually be fed with an external psu (external PSU will improve dramatically audio quality, not relying on Pi’s polluted DC, and releaving you from buying a good psu for the pi itself).
You should however not expect the same build quality and attention to details. This is a dac closely resembling Nwavguy’s ODAC. So, these ones could be the right USB DAC for your Raspberry Pi Budget Conscious Hifimediy Sabre USB DAC 2 I have personally listened many of them, and the one I didn’t listen, some really trusted friends did. So it doesn’t make much sense to me to have a 1000 euros USB DAC for your raspberry Pi (even if with RaspyFi they are not an overkill at all). You should consider, by the way, that you’re relying on a 40 dollar Pi to please your ears. The main goal of RaspyFi is to achieve excellent sonic performances with a low-cost approach. Got many questions regarding the best setup for a RaspyFi powered music server, and so decided to give few hints.
Do you need a USB DAC for your Raspberry Pi? Something to use with RaspyFi? And maybe you don’t know where to start?
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