@nerone I have just ordered this dac from Audiophonics AUDIOPHONICS EVO-SABRE Balanced DAC 2x ES9038Q2M USB RPI SPDIF BT / XLR RCA - Audiophonics. It has several inputs and a remote. I am hoping I can get the DAC to turn the amp on and off too in standby.
I am going all out with my AllInOne. I have ordered a 4” square display for album art, the above DAC and have 2 130mm wide VU meters. The album art display needs its own RaspberryPi because I don’t know how to make the Volumio RaspberryPi display just the album art. This is an exciting project for me and will take a couple of days to put everything together when it all arrives. If it all works as planned I will have an amazing sounding music streamer that is also nice to look at.
I am going all out with my AllInOne. I have ordered a 4” square display for album art, the above DAC and have 2 130mm wide VU meters. The album art display needs its own RaspberryPi because I don’t know how to make the Volumio RaspberryPi display just the album art. This is an exciting project for me and will take a couple of days to put everything together when it all arrives. If it all works as planned I will have an amazing sounding music streamer that is also nice to look at.
@nerone I have just ordered this dac from Audiophonics AUDIOPHONICS EVO-SABRE Balanced DAC 2x ES9038Q2M USB RPI SPDIF BT / XLR RCA - Audiophonics. It has several inputs and a remote. I am hoping I can get the DAC to turn the amp on and off too in standby.
I am going all out with my AllInOne. I have ordered a 4” square display for album art, the above DAC and have 2 130mm wide VU meters. The album art display needs its own RaspberryPi because I don’t know how to make the Volumio RaspberryPi display just the album art. This is an exciting project for me and will take a couple of days to put everything together when it all arrives. If it all works as planned I will have an amazing sounding music streamer that is also nice to look at.
Please have a few photos when you are finished with the project.
It certainly looks good with the VU meter display.😉
Ciao
This is an old project. It uses WiFi and displays what Volumio is playing. I had to modify some code to get the album art to display and it took me 2 days I write 6 lines of code! My 4” square display will only show album art.
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This is an old project. It uses WiFi and displays what Volumio is playing. I had to modify some code to get the album art to display and it took me 2 days I write 6 lines of code! My 4” square display will only show album art.
I bought VU Meters and just have to install them. So far I haven't had time for it ...🙁
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I will be working on my amp this weekend. I should have everything except my new DAC. I have a TPA3251 to test everything. I will post some pics here.
My VU meters are almost too big!
the signal through the speakers or via cinch?
Ciao
I will use the speakers for a signal. Not sure if it would work with a balanced signal from the DAC. I will try it out with the speaker signal on the weekend.
Congratulations it's a nice project.@nerone I have just ordered this dac from Audiophonics AUDIOPHONICS EVO-SABRE Balanced DAC 2x ES9038Q2M USB RPI SPDIF BT / XLR RCA - Audiophonics. It has several inputs and a remote. I am hoping I can get the DAC to turn the amp on and off too in standby.
I am going all out with my AllInOne. I have ordered a 4” square display for album art, the above DAC and have 2 130mm wide VU meters. The album art display needs its own RaspberryPi because I don’t know how to make the Volumio RaspberryPi display just the album art. This is an exciting project for me and will take a couple of days to put everything together when it all arrives. If it all works as planned I will have an amazing sounding music streamer that is also nice to look at.
Not being very practical I preferred Chromecast Audio to Raspberry, every day I listen to music through Tidal HiFi without problems.
Now I have almost decided to buy a new E30 topping Dac
My VU meters are almost too big!
Looks nice. Could you tell me the source of the meters?
Regards
Sachin
Most of the stuff I do is plug and play. I understand very simple electronics and use google a lot. I nearly got the Topping DX3 pro balanced but the Audiophonics dac was more suited to diy projects.
Looks nice. Could you tell me the source of the meters?
Regards
Sachin
From eBay, search for Onkyo VU meter. I got the pair with a driver.
I am not able, do you think it is possible to insert the drMordor module instead of the Icepower module that is inside the elipson MC1 amplifier?
Banc d'essai : Elipson MC1
Banc d'essai : Elipson MC1
Hi Dr.... Sorry for being so nosey... BUTT....
I see the width and length dimensions for these boards that you just shared
What about thickness? Number of layers? Same builder?
Same specification on PCB other than the different size?
I am absolutely not an electrical engineer. The build specifications fascinate me.
I see the width and length dimensions for these boards that you just shared
White module - 90x170
Green 90x175
What about thickness? Number of layers? Same builder?
Same specification on PCB other than the different size?
I am absolutely not an electrical engineer. The build specifications fascinate me.

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