I need some 192 & 384 source material to test with. Can anyone point me to some sample downloads or have some they can share... if so PM me.
THANKS!
Greg in Mississippi
THANKS!
Greg in Mississippi
384 (352) will be DSD typically...
Here's the infamous 2L site: 2L High Resolution Music .:. free TEST BENCH
Also I use this TASCAM free editor to convert DSD to PCM: Product: TASCAM Hi-Res Editor | TASCAM
BTW, 384K kernel (LMS/piCorePlayer) can handle DSD --> 352K automatically with the DSD plugin
Also, sure you know how to upsample to 352/384 for the PCM5xxx filter bypass --
Here's the infamous 2L site: 2L High Resolution Music .:. free TEST BENCH
Also I use this TASCAM free editor to convert DSD to PCM: Product: TASCAM Hi-Res Editor | TASCAM
BTW, 384K kernel (LMS/piCorePlayer) can handle DSD --> 352K automatically with the DSD plugin
Also, sure you know how to upsample to 352/384 for the PCM5xxx filter bypass --
Scott, Trung, & DJ, thanks for your responses on 192-384 files. Appreciate it!
Spent some time comparing various configurations of the Boss DAC with and without a Kali Reclocker & IsolatorPi, all separately-powered. More details tomorrow or Tuesday, but IsolatorPi and Kali came out as winners with the Boss.
Getting ready for some trials with other DACs plus the 192-384 file trials.
Been lotsa fun!
Greg in Mississippi
Spent some time comparing various configurations of the Boss DAC with and without a Kali Reclocker & IsolatorPi, all separately-powered. More details tomorrow or Tuesday, but IsolatorPi and Kali came out as winners with the Boss.
Getting ready for some trials with other DACs plus the 192-384 file trials.
Been lotsa fun!
Greg in Mississippi
Greg, did you stack the isolator and Kali together and individually powered?
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(Related to this post, I was asking Ian about bnc connections: post #117)
Yes, but no point with the Kali... not utilizing it's clocks you're back at a standard digi+ anyway... I did refine the slaved digi+ a bit, and the Kali has a U.FL MCLK out: [PIC]
The PRO is best used standalone w/out the kali (just does not sound as good): [PIC]
More info: Raspberry Pi2 and Hifiberry Digi+: A cheap transport that made me happier | Page 11 | Super Best Audio Friends
And just this week playing with the pi2media (moved to my headphone setup for pics, really good sounding!):
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Any reason for using the Kali instead of Ian's Fifo II + dual XO II boards? Just a matter of cost and/or simplicity (1 Kali board vs 2 Ian boards)?
@sckramer,
With the IsolatorPi/DoPDecoder and this small I2S/DSD DAC HAT, you can play those DSD files directly. You don't need convert them into PCM🙂
IsolatorPiDopES9018b by Ian, on Flickr
IsolatorPiDopES9018c by Ian, on Flickr
IsolatorPiDopES9018a by Ian, on Flickr
Ian
Around 50mA up to the frequency. It could be a little bit higher if you run 384KHz music.
Regards,
Ian
Hi Ian, I am a bit late to this party, I can't seem to find a price for the isolator/DSD board. Which is your recommended DAC ? I have been looking for something like this to hook up directly to a pair of Hypex NC400 modules. Thanks.
I'll have IsolatorPi price very soon. It won't be expensive.
I recommend DAC with Master clock mode (normally has two XO on board) to work with my IsolatorPi.
Ian
Congrats Ian. Having tested the IsolaterPi I can confidently say this product is a real winner and worth whatever price you charge.
Is a daughter board for DSD/DoP no longer required? Can this be used with the Audiophonics I-Sabre ES9018KSM board (AUDIOPHONICS I-Sabre DAC ES9018K2M Raspberry Pi 3 / Pi 2 A+ B+ / I2S - Audiophonics). I am trying to find a manual for the latter - need to know whether I can control volume for PCM and DSD without conversion to PCM. I would like to control volume via a hardware mixer (not software volume control) as well as external buttons / remote.
I have only just recently started playing with a RPi and so, apologies for these questions...
This AUDIOPHONICS ES9018K2M DAC looks pretty good. I don't have it. But I think it should be no problem for DSD. I designed a ES9018K2M DAC HAT month ago. It tested native supports DSD.
We still need the DoP decoder daughter board to get native DSD output from RPi. Without it, RPi can only convert DSD into PCM however DSD sound quality will be degraded in this way.
I would suggest you using ES9018K2M built in hardware volume control. It is 32bit processing, and better than many other digital volume solutions. But you can use the volume control in your mixer hardware too, as long as it works for DSD.
IsolatorPiDopES9018a by Ian, on Flickr
Regards,
Ian