lol... BOSH! - You guys crack me up... lol
ok, I'll give that a go first.
lol... BOSH! - You guys crack me up... lol
ok, I'll give that a go first.
Ultrafide U500DC power amplifier - Croft Vitale )highly modified) - TRIO L-07D Turntable - Denon DL103C1 - Funk Firm Houdini - Lentek MC head amp - 15" Tannoy Monitor Gold Loudspeakers in Lockwood Major cabinets (From Trident Studios) - Tannoyista SPEC 3 Custom Crossovers - VanDamme Black Speaker Cable
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I'm Chris.
Volumio web interface > Playback > Mixer TYpe - set this to hardware. Then logon to your RPi via SSH as root with password volumio and use "alsamixer" to set the device sound levels . See pages 18-20 http://www.iqaudio.com/downloads/IQaudIO.pdf for details.
Chris
Stuff
1. Linux PC with onboard HDA SB/ALC892 24/192 optical S/PDIF and/or USB > TC-7520 (Gator + LM4562NA) > Quad 306 > AVI Neutron 3
2. Rotel RCD 965BX > TC-7520 ( Gator + LM4562NA) > Hd595
3. Rpi B+/HifiDigi B+ (with isolation transformer) Running "SqueezeOnArch" - https://github.com/SqueezeOnArch
Nonsense
1. Belkin Pure AV (white) phono, Belkin Pure AV (silver) USB, QEd 79-strand speaker cable.
2. MG belden digital co-ax
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I'm Petar.
Location: London UK
Posts: 529
I'm Chris.
I don't think you'll find one better than the other SQ wise for a given set PCM level. I suggested using a mixer type of "hardware" as it leaves you with the convenience of volume control via the Volumio webui if you need it. By all means use mixer type "disabled" once you have worked out the best alsamixer levels for your own hifi amp setup. Not everyone has remote volume control on their amps, and if you feed the iqaudio DAC ouptut straight to a power amp you need volume control somewhere.
Chris
Stuff
1. Linux PC with onboard HDA SB/ALC892 24/192 optical S/PDIF and/or USB > TC-7520 (Gator + LM4562NA) > Quad 306 > AVI Neutron 3
2. Rotel RCD 965BX > TC-7520 ( Gator + LM4562NA) > Hd595
3. Rpi B+/HifiDigi B+ (with isolation transformer) Running "SqueezeOnArch" - https://github.com/SqueezeOnArch
Nonsense
1. Belkin Pure AV (white) phono, Belkin Pure AV (silver) USB, QEd 79-strand speaker cable.
2. MG belden digital co-ax
Hi Alex,
All fair points, which are accepted. All I would ask is for Gordon to take more of an active role here in terms of communicating with AoS members, keeping them updated on developments, as a significant number of them now have bought his product, and it's only really the tip of the iceberg!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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In other news, I've (at long last) solved my issues with Spotify, which is now working perfectly!!
The problem was that instead of using the proper Spotify website to set up a starred playlist, I was accessing Spotify, via the webpage/player, and it wasn't 'talking' to Volumio. Therefore, when I was setting up a playlist there, it wasn't going anywhere other than the webpage/player.
Setting up playlists on the proper Spotify website, however, has solved the issue, and now all the playlists I've set up there appear for selection (and playback) on Volumio. Job done!
Tomorrow I shall pop my other SD card into the RPi, loaded with Rune Audio (and my library of music), and see how that compares with Volumio. I certainly like how, with the latter, you can see the album art and search music via genre, not just artist. Some also say that Rune sounds better than Volumio, so we shall see!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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I'm Petar.
Location: England
Posts: 23
I'm Gordon.
Hey guys I'm here. I can also be found on the volumio / rune audio and raspberry pi forums :-) I also reply to direct emails too.
We're ploughing through the orders and they should all go this week as planned - I hope you all enjoy the experience and do consider that we're not talking mega bucks here.
Life before Marcos was nice and controlled, we put in an order for 1000 Pi-DAC+ blanks and for 500 to be populated initially with the remaining 500 at a later date. The headphone amp was on 8 week lead time. The headphone sockets were a 14k MOQ (minimum order quantity) - so there was a period of time we looked at alternatives too which we've found.
The plan was to provide
1) A German hifi manufacturer the promised allocation
2) Tindie (which has been a great portal for us) customers majority of product
3) 2x UK distributors first batches
Then comes Marcos and friends :-)
Tindie INTEREST goes through the roof - the issue here is that these are not orders it's just interest and 1:1 conversion rate is not guaranteed. However, all those Pi-DAC+ I allocated to tindie got sold out in record time.
Later this week 50 boards are going to Pimoroni and 50 to ModMyPi. That should make ordering them a little cheaper for UK customers.
For ROW (rest of World) customers, we'll continue to use tindie.com but there is a large Chinese distie who want a large batch too and I'm already talking to a US distie.
I have already asked for the remaining 500 Pi-DAC blank PCBs to be populated (that's where the real costs lie) and these should be with me soon too (assuming no massive lead times for parts).
I hope that explains where we are and our plans. I want to provide every potential customer access to the product but availability is based on cash flow at the start of this. I do not have deep pockets to bankroll huge board / stock orders, so will build up as we go.
Any questions I am happy to take. I'm getting lots already - mostly about when order xyz will ship. I'm answering those too :-)
Right, back to packing and posting.....
Gordon@iqaudio.com
Hey Gordon.
Thanks for the update.
Glad that AOS has been doing the business for you. Hopefully I'll have mine either today or tomorrow as it was shipped yesterday (with thanks).
So far it sounds very healthy for you which is superb. I guess that there is no time to stop once you have a full order book.
Personally I can't wait to get it running.
Thanks again
Jo
Ultrafide U500DC power amplifier - Croft Vitale )highly modified) - TRIO L-07D Turntable - Denon DL103C1 - Funk Firm Houdini - Lentek MC head amp - 15" Tannoy Monitor Gold Loudspeakers in Lockwood Major cabinets (From Trident Studios) - Tannoyista SPEC 3 Custom Crossovers - VanDamme Black Speaker Cable
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Hi Gordon,
Good to hear that things are going well - and long may it continue! You have a truly wonderful product there
Just don't be so much of a stranger in future, my friend
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!