So time ago I started here a thread about ESS9018. Well I got distracted as Allo Boss DAC came for sale on this site. I have RPi with HiFiBerry DAC Pro+, but having seen very good reviews about Allo I could not resist. Since, I bought it here it is only fair that I present my here on this forum first.
To begin with I played Boss for a few days/weeks using Rpi PS for RPi and home made linear PS with LM317 for Boss.
I did not have a nice enclosure for Pi with Boss. Also power supplies scattered around were a bit annoying.
Later I have decided to put Pi and Boss into an old TV box.
As an additional exercise/challenge I have decided to add a small LCD screen to display the song information. It is only 2x16 characters screen as a bigger 4x20 does not fit in my enclosure.
Some pictures follow.