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I'd give it a few hours (I think Allo initially suggested something like 50 hours) before making a final judgement. Also, I'm not convinced that Volumio is the best OS for getting the most out of certain DACs. For the sake of an SD card and a little time, give Moode and/or PCP a try.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shovel_Knight
If you haven't already done so I would change OS to PCP and then disable the wifi and HDMI in settings as this seems to reduce distortion/noise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shovel_Knight
However, in my system and using good LPSUs I eventually found the sound was not to my preference having a very hifi presentation that to me was a little sharp. It did however, have a very good bass sound.
I ended up putting an rpi3 under my hifiberry digi+ HAT into my old Xiang Sheng DAC and much preferred this arrangement. This was a good step up from my old rpi2/hifberry Digi+ and improved the bottom end in much the same way as the Boss DAC.
I'm now toying with the idea of trying a Allo digione.
Volumio sounds just dandy to me. I dont think its software related unless its not set up optimally.
I have the Allo Boss DAC and found it not really much better than the (original) IQAudio DAC I also use (and which cost considerably less)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shovel_Knight
Both are very good, just didn't find the Allo board that much to write home about - either with the 'official' Raspberry wallwart or a linear supply to feed it.
I much prefer the Boss V1.2 (not tried the original Boss) over the Iqaudio, although excellent as well��Quote:
Originally Posted by mikmas
The Boss one I have is the V1.2 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bourneendboy
To my ears, with CD-quality material it really sounds like a good CD player from the 90s, not that it's necessary a bad thing, but I get a bit more life-like presentation from my vinyl rig.
I have a couple of jazz albums in 192/24 I bought off hdtracks.com, I need to track them down and have a proper listen.
Hi all
I finally have my allo boss up and running.
With the help of Oliver it's now a working piece of kit.
Still need to get the hard drive running but at least i now have radio.
Bass sounds a little light but its early days.
Will need a little help to get the hard drive up and running Oliver so you will be getting a few more txts mate but thanks for your help so far...
Steve..
Wow!
I just discovered the ALSA 10 band equalizer in piecoreplayer and have used the bass boost setting.
This is like fitting a decent subwoofer into my system and has really brought my speakers low end alive.
To my ears and preferences this has brought about a very good step up in sound.
Only trouble is it has left my vinyl sounding far to neutral...
Ok for my sanity .......
RPi and BOSS 1.2
BOSS J25 OFF to feed power to RPi and BOSS individually
RPi & Isolator 1.2 & BOSS 1.2
Isolator J26 ON BOSS J25 ON to feed power to Isolator and BOSS individually.
J29 serves no purpose other than illuminating (or not) a LED?
The Allo docs aren't exactly clear, they could do with a little drawing showing each configuration.
Not that I can even power it up as the USB -C cables I ordered with 1st class postage last Monday still aren't here ... grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!