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Bourneendboy
23-12-2018, 10:19
What do you think fellas, is this possible?
Stratmangler
23-12-2018, 10:38
At the moment the answer is no.
The RasPi needs 5vdc.
The Dorado outputs 12-15vdc.

http://www.homehifi.co.uk/S/tc-7320.htm
struth
23-12-2018, 10:50
Stan is working on a 5v version afaik
Bourneendboy
23-12-2018, 10:56
Was thinking about those 12v to 5v step down cables, but if Stan has a 5v in the pipeline.......
struth
23-12-2018, 11:01
a cable would defeat the purpose ... im hoping stan gets one to market as i fancy one too
Theadmans
23-12-2018, 19:20
What do you think fellas, is this possible?

I admire your music taste Bourneendboy - saw Spacemen 3 sitting cross legged at Leicester University in the Summer of '89 (still have the ticket stub in the booklet of my Playing With Fire CD)....

Will Carruthers' book is a masterpiece......

Looking forward to hearing "Playing With Fire" with a Dorado 5v powering my Pi / Wolfson Audio Card into my SEG (with Dorado 15v).
Bourneendboy
24-12-2018, 08:13
I admire your music taste Bourneendboy - saw Spacemen 3 sitting cross legged at Leicester University in the Summer of '89 (still have the ticket stub in the booklet of my Playing With Fire CD)....

Will Carruthers' book is a masterpiece......

Looking forward to hearing "Playing With Fire" with a Dorado 5v powering my Pi / Wolfson Audio Card into my SEG (with Dorado 15v).

They certainly were/are a great band. Luckily got to see them live 10 times and was blown away every time!
Alp
10-01-2019, 20:23
Was thinking about those 12v to 5v step down cables, but if Stan has a 5v in the pipeline.......

Its not just the voltage. The RPi needs up to 2.5A. The Dorado delivers only a few 100 mA, because that's all the SEG needs. I use a £5 step-down converter with a 12V battery for the RPi which sounds better than the 5V USB output from the same battery.

The Dorado is excellent at 15V (with the mods) but in my system at 12V I did not discern any real difference between it and an albeit much more expensive 12V LiFePO4 battery.
Silent
06-02-2019, 16:59
Its not just the voltage. The RPi needs up to 2.5A. The Dorado delivers only a few 100 mA, because that's all the SEG needs. I use a £5 step-down converter with a 12V battery for the RPi which sounds better than the 5V USB output from the same battery.

The Dorado is excellent at 15V (with the mods) but in my system at 12V I did not discern any real difference between it and an albeit much more expensive 12V LiFePO4 battery.Can you link the step-down you use? I'm thinking of doing the same

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Alp
07-02-2019, 20:29
Can you link the step-down you use? I'm thinking of doing the same

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You can find it here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192516236497. Its got 4 USB ports and a bright blue LED. Size wise it is about 4x6x2 cm, so pretty small.

I have since upgraded my battery for the RPI to a chunky PowerOak 50000Mah and tried with an without the upconverter and cannot tell the difference with using the 5V output and the up converter using the !2V and 2)v outputs from the battery, so I no longer use it. If you want to avoid the wait to get it from China, PM me.
Mr.Ian
13-08-2019, 10:56
Stan is working on a 5v version afaik any further news on this ? eta? cost?
StanleyB
14-08-2019, 14:46
any further news on this ? eta? cost?
Cost? I first have to make sure the design is stable and performs as good or better than expected. But rest assured it will be less than it cost for a ticket to watch the Ashes for a day.
Mr.Ian
14-08-2019, 16:47
Cost? I first have to make sure the design is stable and performs as good or better than expected. But rest assured it will be less than it cost for a ticket to watch the Ashes for a day.

Sounds too good to be true, test match 5, day 5,tickets are on stubbhub at gbp40 :eyebrows:

I suspect lead time will get the better of me on this and I will have a pair of lps
StanleyB
17-08-2019, 08:02
The secret behind the use of the Dorado is not the fact that it supplies power, but the effect it has on the sound coming out of your speakers. The Dorado can be powered by a linear power supply, and still add improvements that can't be produced by the linear power supply on its own.