Raspberry Pi HiFi DAC Pro Hat ES9038Q2M Audio Card PCM DSD Lossless High Resolution Digital-to-Analog Converter Adapter for Raspberry Pi 5 4 3B+ 3B Zero w Zero

Great DAC, Fun Build
The Innomaker DAC Pro is an exceptional value, offering impressive sound quality for a fraction of the price of other DACs using the same ES9038 chip. It features an upgraded 3.5mm gold-plated jack and performs seamlessly with Volumio on a Raspberry Pi 5. Paired with an I²C display for song info and a meter, the setup offers a satisfying DIY experience, even for beginners.The DAC delivers an excellent soundstage with comfortable highs and a full, dynamic sound, even at high volumes. Using a vintage Yamaha receiver and budget Sony speakers, the performance is remarkable, leaving room to imagine how much better it would sound with high-end equipment. Tracks in 44.1kHz/16-bit sound great, but the warmth and clarity of 192kHz/24-bit truly stand out, evoking the feel of vinyl with depth and precision.Even my kids love the music this DAC produces! I also plan to build a custom enclosure for the setup, making it a perfect long-term addition to our home. Highly recommended for an affordable entry into DIY HiFi audio.

Works as advertised and sounds great
I bought this and a raspberry PI 4 (4Gb) as a workaround to a certain vendors voice activated music player that wants to shuffle everything. At first I tried it with LMS and Squeezelite which are not explicitly covered in the surprisingly useful documentation which in fact included enough information for me to make it work. I was underwhelmed by LMS (formerly Logitech Media Server) but have been very happy with Volumio. I would give this 5 stars but the manufacturer’s web site (URL printed on the box) displays a certificate error. Fortunately, the box also contains a link to github with an actual PDF document that describes everything in some detail. It is written as if the author wants to be as clear as possible, instead of the usual ‘few words as possible’ approach. I was particularly pleased with the included brass standoffs (shown in the images) that made for a nice assembly. Combination (PI and INNO board, WiFi only) are running on a single 15W supply with excellent sound and no pops or clicks. PI CPU temp (80% volume) is 53C with just heat sinks, no fan. I am playing music from a 256Gb USB stick and “Crime of the Century” sounds as good as when ‘she’ agrees to play it. Now I’m think I might need one for the garage too.

Great sound!
Make sure to get the proper wiring in the XLR to miniplug cables.

Quality Music Player
This is a high-quality DAC from INNOMAKER that plugs into the I/O header on the Raspberry Pi. I have a Pi Zero W but used it for a WiFi camera and never needed to solder on the header so I used my Pi 3B. There is a large selection of software to control the DAC. I chose to use Volumio because Hans Beekhuyzen uses it and because Volumio also has a version for the Asus Tinker Board. “MyVolumio Not Connected” shows on the page because I used the free version, I don’t want to pay for a subscription (needed to install the Spotify plugin). My Tinker Board (foreground in photo) has been sitting around practically unused for almost two years. The Tinker Board is similar to the Raspberry Pi except that it has a quad core processor, 2GB ram and 16 GB eMMC. I will set that up next but I first tested the DAC Hat with the Raspberry Pi.I tested the DAC using two power options, jumper removed (powering the boards separately) and with jumper (powering both boards with one supply). My meter showed the boards didn’t use much power and I never heard any crackling. I will test this more later when I connect a bench power supply.Setting up the software was easy enough. High resolution FLACs from the NAS on my Ethernet sounded good. I listened to local radio stations over the Internet.I found that more powerful computers did better with Volumio’s Web Interface. Intel NUC Core i5 and Chromebook did fine, Galaxy Tab S would only perform half the functions and Fire 7 (2019) did nothing but play a song that had already been selected with another computer. The system requirements for the complex Volumio Web Interface doesn’t detract from the quality rating of the DAC.While Ethernet did fine, I had problems with WiFi. It wouldn’t start the DAC (got page not found message) but would work if I started the DAC connected with Ethernet cable then removed the cable and continued on WiFi. I don’t know what I could be doing wrong. There is likely a WiFi discovery setting that I have missed somewhere and doesn’t detract from the quality of the hardware.I like this DAC. I will try to run it with the Tinker Board. Try different software. I might try to come up with a portable power source, I have some 5v battery options. I would like to see what it does on the Pi Zero W.

Arrivée le lendemain de la commande, bien emballée.La carte est livrée avec des entretoises qui permettent de bien la fixer.Un lien est fourni dans la boîte vers une page expliquant comment installer et configurer les distributions audio courantes.Tout a fonctionné directement.

 

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