Hi everyone!
I have been looking into making more and more aggressive modifications to some of my gear, and as I try to learn about it, Google keeps bringing me back to this forum. Just browsing around, it looks like I’m going to be an absolute n00b here initially, but it feels like I’m in the right place to ask questions, learn, and take my tinkering to the next level!
I have a couple of specific spots where I am stuck at the moment, but I know more will arise as I continue to mess around with my system. I plan to make threads about these, but I will go ahead and put them here if anyone has quick ideas or would like to direct me where to bring them up:
1) The question that finally got me to make an account here is about making a change to the register of a DAC I own. It’s a Geshelli Dayzee, and I asked Geno from Geshelli if there was a way to change the PCM filter being used by the AK4499EX’s that are in there. He said no, because it would involve accessing the I2C bus and could create a warranty issue. My enthusiasm often outpaces my caution, so this of course started me down the path of Googling how this can be done. I consider myself relatively tech savvy, but it was pretty immediately clear that I am out of my depth, and before I go too far down this rabbit hole, I first need to figure out if it is even feasible to do something like that as an end user of a commercial device. The closest I’ve gotten to understanding it is reading some threads here about DAC evaluation boards, but this seems to be a slightly different animal. It definitely seems like the people here are the ones to ask about this, so here I am, and I’m looking forward to collaborating with everyone!
2) The other project I have in mind at the moment is working on a headless OTG dongle-like box, probably with RPi4, that I can plug into my phone between it and a portable DAC/amp like a Mojo 2 to run HQPlayer based on settings that I have pre-loaded so that I won’t have to do anything with it on the go except turn it on and listen. It seems to me that this should be very possible, like all of the pieces exist, but they haven’t been put together exactly like this as far as I can tell. I have started a similar conversation on Head-Fi and Audiophilestyle, but I’m just getting started. I am also trying to learn some basics of Linux to help with figuring out how to configure it, but I could really use some help there. I have big dreams for what could be achieved with something like this as the SBC tech progresses, but for the moment I just want to get the ball rolling.
I’m happy to help in any way I can, though I’m not sure how much that will be, at least initially. I know a tiny bit about headphones, tube amps, turntables, and a moderate amount about PCs, as I’ve been building, overclocking, tweaking, etc. since about 2001 for gaming, but also just for fun.
Cheers!
I have been looking into making more and more aggressive modifications to some of my gear, and as I try to learn about it, Google keeps bringing me back to this forum. Just browsing around, it looks like I’m going to be an absolute n00b here initially, but it feels like I’m in the right place to ask questions, learn, and take my tinkering to the next level!
I have a couple of specific spots where I am stuck at the moment, but I know more will arise as I continue to mess around with my system. I plan to make threads about these, but I will go ahead and put them here if anyone has quick ideas or would like to direct me where to bring them up:
1) The question that finally got me to make an account here is about making a change to the register of a DAC I own. It’s a Geshelli Dayzee, and I asked Geno from Geshelli if there was a way to change the PCM filter being used by the AK4499EX’s that are in there. He said no, because it would involve accessing the I2C bus and could create a warranty issue. My enthusiasm often outpaces my caution, so this of course started me down the path of Googling how this can be done. I consider myself relatively tech savvy, but it was pretty immediately clear that I am out of my depth, and before I go too far down this rabbit hole, I first need to figure out if it is even feasible to do something like that as an end user of a commercial device. The closest I’ve gotten to understanding it is reading some threads here about DAC evaluation boards, but this seems to be a slightly different animal. It definitely seems like the people here are the ones to ask about this, so here I am, and I’m looking forward to collaborating with everyone!
2) The other project I have in mind at the moment is working on a headless OTG dongle-like box, probably with RPi4, that I can plug into my phone between it and a portable DAC/amp like a Mojo 2 to run HQPlayer based on settings that I have pre-loaded so that I won’t have to do anything with it on the go except turn it on and listen. It seems to me that this should be very possible, like all of the pieces exist, but they haven’t been put together exactly like this as far as I can tell. I have started a similar conversation on Head-Fi and Audiophilestyle, but I’m just getting started. I am also trying to learn some basics of Linux to help with figuring out how to configure it, but I could really use some help there. I have big dreams for what could be achieved with something like this as the SBC tech progresses, but for the moment I just want to get the ball rolling.
I’m happy to help in any way I can, though I’m not sure how much that will be, at least initially. I know a tiny bit about headphones, tube amps, turntables, and a moderate amount about PCs, as I’ve been building, overclocking, tweaking, etc. since about 2001 for gaming, but also just for fun.
Cheers!
