Hi, stumbled upon this forum when searching for a new dac hat for pi. Maybe I am in the wrong place but am only looking for a rough opinion so I know if investigating further is worth it.
Was initially looking for an Allo Boss but found this gear from Ian Canada that looks promising. Somewhat hard to know exactly what I need to build the first and simplest version of a dac with this. Would the enclosed 3 parts (and pi) be enough to have it functioning in a good way? Like the fact that it could be upgraded further on.
And second, and most important, would this be a "substantial" sound improvement over the Allo Boss if using average hifi gear (Hegel H80/Q Acou. 3020i)?
Was initially looking for an Allo Boss but found this gear from Ian Canada that looks promising. Somewhat hard to know exactly what I need to build the first and simplest version of a dac with this. Would the enclosed 3 parts (and pi) be enough to have it functioning in a good way? Like the fact that it could be upgraded further on.
And second, and most important, would this be a "substantial" sound improvement over the Allo Boss if using average hifi gear (Hegel H80/Q Acou. 3020i)?
@hendrik2h welcome to the forum. This is probably not the right place on the diyAudio forum. Perhaps one of the administrators can move this thread to the Source & Line => Digital Line Level section or you can repost there for better attention.
Ian Canada’s stuff and Allo are certainly among the higher end DAC stuff for Raspberry Pi. So, yes, you are on the right path, but I doubt what you currently list is the simplest setup. Just a Allo Boss2 would be among the simplest. The Ian Canada options are more involved, but I cannot comment on that.
Ian Canada’s stuff and Allo are certainly among the higher end DAC stuff for Raspberry Pi. So, yes, you are on the right path, but I doubt what you currently list is the simplest setup. Just a Allo Boss2 would be among the simplest. The Ian Canada options are more involved, but I cannot comment on that.