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SteveW
09-12-2016, 08:39
Any one heard the Justboom DAC yet?
Marco
09-12-2016, 08:41
Not even heard of it, mate, let alone heard it... Got any links/further info to that which you're referring to? :)

Marco.
r100
09-12-2016, 09:04
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 :eyebrows: a new generation is born !
WAD62
09-12-2016, 09:33
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 :eyebrows: a new generation is born !

My personal favorite is the Audiophonics V2 board, which has a ESS Sabre DAC, I prefer it over the IQ, a punchier sound...:eyebrows:

http://www.audiophonics.fr/en/kits-modules-diy-dac/audiophonics-i-sabre-dac-es9023-v2-tcxo-raspberry-pi-20-a-b-i2s-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 ;)
SteveW
09-12-2016, 10:07
It looks a 'cleaner' design.. if that makes a difference!!

https://thepihut.com/collections/raspberry-pi-store/products/justboom-dac
JustBoom
11-01-2017, 18:43
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
Rothchild
11-01-2017, 19:23
Justboom are also supported 'out of the box' in DietPi which is pretty neat.
JustBoom
11-01-2017, 20:15
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!
WAD62
12-01-2017, 14:23
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!


Hi Aaron I notice you have 'guide coming soon' for 'piCorePlayer', does that imply it's not yet compatible?
JustBoom
12-01-2017, 14:57
Hi Aaron I notice you have 'guide coming soon' for 'piCorePlayer', does that imply it's not yet compatible?

They are already compatible with the latest version of piCorePlayer - we just have not managed to write up a full setup guide yet, which will be completed in due course :-)
WAD62
12-01-2017, 15:07
They are already compatible with the latest version of piCorePlayer - we just have not managed to write up a full setup guide yet, which will be completed in due course :-)

I've got 3 picoreplayers already (an IQaudio, an Audiophonics, and one pi3 as a test 7.9 LMS server with the latest distro 3.10), presumably it's just a question of selecting the appropriate DAC driver in the squeezelite settings...?
JustBoom
12-01-2017, 22:06
Yes that's correct :-)

It is very quick and simple!
Cycleallday
13-01-2017, 11:16
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

I would like to give one of your DACs a try - I was tempted to buy from CPC but decided against it as no one seemed to have heard of it.

Would be happy to test, review and send on to other AOS members.

Will send PM

Mel