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In Reply to: RE: MicroRendu is in the house! posted by Ivan303 on July 23, 2017 at 20:23:49
"...as audiophiles, we know the upgrade math, don't we""
You consider yourself an audiophile running "a" PI and a HifiBerry SPDIF??? OoohhhhKay !?!?
1st, you're comparing different interfaces and than a MidFi (at best) Pi setup with a quality commercial audio streaming device.
And then you're that much surprised about obvious differences...
Enjoy your uRendu.
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What part of "Keeping in mind that it's not apples to apples comparison here as the Pi output is S/PDIF whilst the Rendu is USB." didn't you read?
Had the chance to compare my $100 Pi, the Pi/LPS-1 and the uRendu/LPS-1 in another 'audiophile's' (dare I use that term?) system and can't help but wonder what level of insecurity would cause a guy who spends his time hacking Sqeezeboxes and Pis to disparage anyone with taunts of 'consider yourself an audiophile' and 'mid fi'.
But you keep hacking away on your Squeezboxes and Pis and I'll continue to enjoy my 'mid-fi' 'audiophile' life-style. :-)
He does that to everyone making comparisons . :)
Definitely need to get your own LPS-1 with star quad DC supply cord!
Some people can't read and are quick to criticize. Similar thing happened to me when I posted about iPeng software. Similar style rant after he failed to read.... or failed to comprehend. Either way, it was uncalled for.
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I used your mods on the Squeezebox Touch back in the day. You certainly know what you are talking about.
Which of the current commercially available streamers do you like for a reasonable price ie. round about $2k.
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2k??
With an Allo Kali I2S reclocker, a pair of nice power supplies and of
course a good OS, my current RPI setup is all I ever wanted.
And all that at below 300$. And no. I don't have sell this setup after 1 year with a huge loss because there's again a new and best ever device popping up.
The Kali delivers an I2S quality that can compare with the best
USB-I2S interfaces (All USB DACs convert USB to I2S!) out there.
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The Allo Digione is their newest kid on the block.They pretty much added all the stuff (and more) we've been discussing
over at DIY-Audio related to their other products.Yep. Allo is listening.
Without ever testing it and for sure not going to test it (because I don't use a 2nd class audio interface anymore),
I'd expect they'll keep their promises/goal to build the "Absolut best S/PDIF output" to quite an extent.However.
1. At 99$ they also start pushing their limits. Though, if the device delivers what's been promised it's still more then a bargain.
Especially if you compare it to USB interfaces and the related USB trouble with associated cost to get these fixed.
2. I don't think it's a good idea to let the Toslink go.
Even if it's theoretically worse then SPDIF, it limits the
Digione use cases.
3. Devices behave differently in complex environments
They have to prove that they can cope with this.
4. From what I see on the pics there's no output transformer.
That'll be the best solution with attached devices that come with transformer on the input. Devices without input transformer though
might not be doing that well.
Perhaps a 2nd output would have been the more flexible approach.
5. I don't see an external power option. All Allo devices and other HATs
I've tried have shown better performance by using a separate power supply. You might have to heat up your soldering iron.
Bottom line.If you want to go SPDIF, the Digione is IMO the best SPDIF HAT out there.
A HifiBerry plays in a different league - at least when looking at the architecture and features of the boards.
I'd also expect that quite some USB-SPDIF interfaces will get a tough time
related to performance and for sure related to price.
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E.g.
DietPi
PiCorePlayer
Volumio
have the driver already in.
Moode is releasing an updated version soon.
For sure you'll find an OS to play with the DigiOne.
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Looking forward to your feedback.
Yes, i had already checked on the picoreplayer support. I noticed that the latest release has support for the digione.
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