Any one heard the Justboom DAC yet?
Any one heard the Justboom DAC yet?
Not even heard of it, mate, let alone heard it... Got any links/further info to that which you're referring to?
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Looks interesting. Not heard it though. It has a Burr Brown PCM5122 chip in it like many other Raspberry DAC's, including the IQ Pi-DAC. Greets
https://www.justboom.co/product/justboom-dac-hat/
Maybe, we will soon be discussion the "sound" and merits of DAC chips, as we are discussing the sound of cartridges on TT's at present a new generation is born !
Last edited by r100; 09-12-2016 at 09:16.
My personal favorite is the Audiophonics V2 board, which has a ESS Sabre DAC, I prefer it over the IQ, a punchier sound...
http://www.audiophonics.fr/en/kits-m...s-p-10176.html
My guess is that the improvement in sound is more from the caps, clock, and other beefier components, rather than the chip itself...who knows, probably a combination of factors
Cheers, Will
It looks a 'cleaner' design.. if that makes a difference!!
https://thepihut.com/collections/ras...s/justboom-dac
hey all,
Glad you found our products and that you think we have a clean design. We manufacturer them here in the UK with quality components and test every single one out of the factory so hope that is an attractive thing.
In any case - if perhaps you wanted to do some sort of round robin testing of any of the boards, we would be happy to send a couple out :-)
let us know also if you have any questions at all
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I'm Marc.
Justboom are also supported 'out of the box' in DietPi which is pretty neat.
Yep :-)
And also Volumio, Moode, Max2Play, Raspbian, OSMC, LibreElec, OpenElec and more - see here for full list and tutorials - https://www.justboom.co/software/
Also we will soon have a Roon Labs image too as well as our own player software...so you have loads of options!
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