Install Voyage Linux Compact Flash

Jan 28, 2009. Linux-system, which knows the CF-Writer - this one turned out to be a problem, you should prepare to fetch the cdrom from the. Get the actual stable release from Fatal Error: Failed to chroot to /mnt/voyage_install to install lilo” while CF-Writer was still writing.

14 Flares 14 Flares Do you need a USB DAC for your Raspberry Pi? Something to use with RaspyFi? And maybe you don’t know where to start? Well, this is for you. Got many questions regarding the best setup for a RaspyFi powered music server, and so decided to give few hints.

The main goal of RaspyFi is to achieve excellent sonic performances with a low-cost approach. So, no snake oil, no esoteric devices.

Just pure bang for the buck pleasure. You should consider, by the way, that you’re relying on a 40 dollar Pi to please your ears. So it doesn’t make much sense to me to have a 1000 euros USB DAC for your raspberry Pi (even if with RaspyFi they are not an overkill at all). So here are few options for you. With prons and cons and buying links.

I have personally listened many of them, and the one I didn’t listen, some really trusted friends did. So you won’t get copy and paste reviews. So, these ones could be the right USB DAC for your Raspberry Pi Budget Conscious Hifimediy Sabre USB DAC 2 This is a dac closely resembling Nwavguy’s ODAC. You should however not expect the same build quality and attention to details. But this has an advantage over it’s famous competitor: it can eventually be fed with an external psu (external PSU will improve dramatically audio quality, not relying on Pi’s polluted DC, and releaving you from buying a good psu for the pi itself).

Furthermore it can output Spdif signal via coax, you can use it as a cheap transport. My friends at Tforum report that it’s capable of driving low-impedance headphones, altough a custom headphones amp is commonly suggested. PROS: -Cheap NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON EBAY -Can directly drive headphones -Spdif Out Bang for the buck Schiit Modi DAC This is the latest dac from the guys from Schiit. For less than 100 bucks you get an async usb receiver (the highly regarded CM6331A) paired with the legendary AK 4396. For sure a really hard to beat combo for that price. This DAC sounds really really good, and it’s design just increases its appeal. RaspyFi is being developed while listening to this dac.

Is this enough for you? PROS: -Async Receiver -Features one of audiophile’s favourite DAC -Excellent performance/price ratio -Elegant design Get it on I also reccommend to read the (italian), is well worth it! NwAvGuy’s ODAC Take it as a statement.

This DAC set lots of controversies since the beginning of it’s development by the heretical designer. The ODAC was designed to prove that engineering a really transparent musical device required a careful trial and error approach, debunking some audiophiles myths. It was built to have outstanding measurable specs. I bought it as soon as it came out, fascinated by the phylosofical meaning it had.

You know, I’m quite pragmatic and I don’t like the “esoteric” fuzz most designer use to develop their produtcts. This DAC, when it came out, outperformed most highly regarded dac as of S/N ratio, db range and so on. Just math, only objective evaluations (that’s where the name comes, O stands for objective). Sozaijiten Vol 222 Rar Files. Well, I love it. But honesltly I have to admit that nowadays you can have something better in that price range, especially with Diy.

I dropped it in favour of my PROS: -It’s engineering is carefully documented -Sounds really neutral and detailed Get it on or If you’re in headphones mood, then you should definetely consider also the Nwavguy’s combo of ODAC + H2. Again, this device came trough a pedissequal engineering process, aiming to obtain verifiable transparent performances. If you wish to know more about this, well are your answers. I did not listened to it, but if I should put on an headphone system, this will be my device of choice. PROS: -It’s engineering is carefully documented -A complete USB to Headphone device Get it on -The combo will sound theoretically better than separate devices XMOS ES9023 Asynchronous DAC Decoder USB to Optical Coaxial 384K 32Bit Weiliang This device seems really interesting, and not only thanks to the longest name ever seen on Ebay. What you get here is a boxed unit featuring the ESS 9023 DAC (my favourite so far, until I’ll listen to 9018), paired with an XMOS2 receiver. You also get otpical and coaxial S/PDIF out.

I cannot imagine something more flexible out there. So, on paper this seems really promising. Please don’t take this as a blind endorsement, I didn’t listen to it so cannot pronounce about it’s sonic qualities.

Just saying we have a potential bang for the buck champion. PROS: -XMOS2 async receiver -Features one of audiophile’s favourite DAC -Already boxed and finished -Analog JACK, SPDIF out (optical and coaxial) -Really flexible device -Can be fed with an external PSU (definetely suggested) Usb to Spdif Hiface Two If you need to get Spdif out out of Raspberry Pi, or any other device relying on USB just buy it. Pbd Partition Bad Disk Keygen. There’s not much to say on the Hiface Two. It’s a status symbol, the guys at M2Tech did an excellent job. This features an XMOS receiver that will go as high as 24/192.

It’ compatible out of the box with RaspyFi and all other Linux distros. Of course it works as well with Pcs and Mac. PROS: -Async USB Transport -Compatible with RaspyFi out of the box Get it on or XMOS 192kHz high-quality USB to SPDIF This could be a solid and cheaper alternative to the Hiface II, the module is exactly the same found on my XMOS2 to i2s receiver, which I strongly recommend. With this you get spdif out, in a nice box Maybe gold could not be your favourite colour, but I mean This is definetely worth! PROS: -Async USB Transport -Compatible with RaspyFi out of the box Get it on -Boxed and ready to play -Cheaper than an Hiface Two Diy DAC SABRE 9023 + XMOS2 I may be biased. But guys, this is definetely the best combo you can have for the 100 euros pricetag. This DAC is well known, and its sound is recognized to be one of the best nowadays.

This guys makes excellent products and this DAC is a masterpiece. It’s so tiny but it features a ultra low noise regulator and the semiconductors are carefully selected. In few words, it sounds amazingly good. I DEFINETELY suggest you to visit, if you’re a diyer looking for hi quality stuff, this is the place I paired with an USB XMOS2 receiver. This features a full thesycon windows driver, and it’s compatible of course with Linux (RaspyFi as well). This can go as high as 384khrz!!! If you wish to feed it with a custom PSU, instead of USB’s DC, you can.

You can also change some resistor to match your dac’s impedance What do you want more? I sugest also to visit I’ll cover the building of this DAC, you can find my preliminary thoughts PROS: -Sounds amazing, for less than 100 euros -Highly customizable -GET IT! Buy on ebay: UPDATE As an alternative, you can also try this DAC I received mine few days ago, so haven’t tried it yet. So I cannot say anything on this DAC, only that is compatible with the i2s transport listed above DAC Mini AK4396 If you want to try a diy AK4396, which is an highly regarded piece of silicon, just go with this DAC. It has an high reputation on DiyAudio and amongst other audiophiles circles.

Furthermore, you can decide where to push its performance. A respected user of and published a BOM that will raise its performance a lot. You can find all. If you wish, you can also connect it directly via i2s to the following. PROS: -A custom solution, in every aspect Get it on UPDATE: I’m currently building another step up of my Reference DAC.

It sits on a completely different level from the ones you have seen before on RaspyFi, in terms of performance, build complexity and pricetag. But on paper, it seems that I’m gonna end up with something truly impressive.

It will feature: • The top end ESS SABRE 9018, in a 7.1 configuration (yeah, I really meant 7.1) • XMOS2 USB Input via i2s • Optical and coaxial input • Both balanced and unbalanced analog out • Separate and improved clock The Recipe is: • • • • • A custom 4x8vac 1A PSU custom built from So, on paper, this DAC could be an ending point for every audiophile around. But its building is something really challenging, so please start this adventure only if you are an experienced DIYer. I’m going to document the building of this DAC in a future article, since it really deserves a careful and comprehensive explanation.

I looked out for months to find the best recipe for me, this is what I ended up with. So again, if you want something really over the top this is what you’re looking for, mind that it’s gonna need quite some time and expertise to be built. Medium Price DACS (Please note: I don’t own any of these DACS, but if I would spend some more to have one, I’ll have one of these) Audioquest DragonFly This is one of the most interesting DAC available today, an async USB DAC as compact and as good sounding is difficult to find, you’ll read about the only contender later on I suggest you to read this, which can describe this DAC way more better I could ever do. PROS: -Confortable with it’s tiny dimensions -Excellent measurable performances -Can directly drive Headphones Get it on or Musical Fidelity V-DAC II I’ve dreamt a lot about owning this DAC. If you need to be flexible, for example using a cd player with coax output, a blu ray with a optical output and RaspyFi with USB input, this could be your DAC.

The USB receiver is not the best one available (Ok let’s say that people is not so enthusiast about it), but you can always use a Hiface Two to improve USB performance. So, if you need lot of flexibility and a good sounding DAC. This is your choice. PROS: -Features lot of connections (USB, Coax Spdif, Optical Spdif) -Regarded as very natural and relaxed Get it on or Micromega MyDac A respected diyer regards this DAC as the best you can get under 1000 euros. I must confess that I desire it a lot, and if everything goes well I’ll buy this in few time (birthday).

This DAC has all the flexibility you can have with the V-DAC II, but it features an async usb receiver (XMOS). So you can reasonably espect an higher quality out of it if USB is your source of choice.

Plese note that the price tag of the MyDac is higher than the one of the VDAC II. But if you can go that extra mile, go with this.

All I know of this DAC comes through reviews, and my friends spoke to me about the MyDac with enthusiastic words. The implementation seems very good on paper.

Please note that Micromega has built its reputation through the years with excellent products, especially with cd players. So you should go confortable with this firm. PROS: -Features lot of connections (USB, Coax Spdif, Optical Spdif) -XMOS async receiver -Enthusiastic reviews on web Get it on or Hiface DAC The guys at M2Tech just released this DAC. I consider this as a contender for the Dragonfly DAC. Because of it’s tiny dimentions.

On paper this little device has excellent capabilities: 384kHz/32bit, async transfer (based on XMOS as Hiface Two) and can drive medium to high impedance headphones. I don’t know which DAC chip it relies on, but sure we’ll find out when a friend of mine will end his review. The only concern is that it needs at least 500 mA at 5v to work properly, so no direct connection with the Raspberry Pi. But we can always use an additional psu. See later to find out. PROS: -Tiny Dimentions -XMOS async receiver -Can directly drive headphones Get it on or SOMETHING TO IMPROVE YOUR USB DAC I found a pretty valid comment from Klinkt Beter (one of the best contributors here on RaspyFi) stating that he could improve his system overall performance connecting his dac to the iFI iUSB psu: Here’s what he said: tried many things: 1.

Soundlogic XT 5600mAh battery pack with micro usb cable to pi 2. Tentlabs tube heater supply calibrated to 5V direct on the 5V GPIO headers (which claims to have very low noise and is powered by a lineair supply using a real transformer) 3. Usb power output of the iFI iUSB power supply using a cheap 1 euro micro usb cable to the pi. The iFi wins on all levels as it also directly powers your usb dac and ignores the usb power from the pi on the USB outputs, only passes the signal through. The iUSB has a second USB output which can be used to power the pi, or to use iFI’s special cable that combines two USB host connectors and on the other end one printer style USB connector to have even more power to your dac. The Tentlabs heater supply has slightly better transients and more bass, but sounds more aggressive to my ears. The iFI is lighter and more spacier, which is what I prefer.

Wiring scheme: Power output of iFI iUSB ->PI micro usb input USB output of Pi ->USB input of iFI iUSB iFI iUSB usb+power output ->dac Basically, what this device does is replace the crappy usb dc with a stabilized one, they report their psu to achieve a 0,1 uV noise factor, that is (if verified) pretty remarkable. You can find out more at I want to test it out, I’ll report my results as well.

Any suggestions? You can also give a look. Just tested volume with some nubert nuPro Loudspeakers. ( ) They have a DAC (TI BurrBrown) inside and can be connected directly via USB. They work perfect and are recognized by volumio. The sad thing is, when I switch off the loudspeakers (and the DAC) and turn it on again, the DAC can not be used further.

Mpd.log just contains: ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1401:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card Dec 31 15:28: output: Failed to open “Output” [alsa]: Failed to open ALSA devic e “hw:0,0″: No such file or directory ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1401:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card Dec 31 15:28: output: Failed to open “Output” [alsa]: Failed to open ALSA devic e “hw:0,0″: No such file or directory • Pingback: •. This list is not bad, however i must give my opinion: For the usb to spdif/i2s, the best solution now is the WaveIO board, wich is also base on a xmos chip and is known to be very good. I don’t trust chinese thing with no-name brand, espacially what you find on ebay. For the choice of a dac, their is 2 kind of dac, nos and with upsampling.

Some think upsampling sound great, but in my opinion it’s not a good thing to add filter and digital shit to the signal, it’s best to keep it the most natural. Sabre dac are built-in chip, you cannot mod them to avoid digital filter, so it’s not interessant for me. Also, some audiophile don’t like the sound of the sabre chips. Not much dac builder have nos design, the last nuforce dac are nos (dac-100, udh-100 that i own, etc) and sound great.

A really great choice is also audio-gd dac, especially all versions with pcm1704uk inside, this is probably the best dac chip. It’s the best multi-bit dac chip, now all dac (sabre and all other modern dac chip) are delta-sigma and seems to sound more digital.

Also audio-gd are know to be extremly well made. If you are not afraid of diy, the dddac 1794 nos seems good to, or even better (but expansive), a jundac two kit with waveio board and good low jitter clock (like an audio-gd jz-1). Hi Mikelangeloz, would you like to add two entry price, but nice ES9023 based USB DACs to your compatibility list? HiRes USB DAC 24/96 (with SA9023 as USB IF) has already been confirmed to be working with Raspyfi from a customer. And Tiny USB DAC 16/48 (with TI PCM2706 USB IF) should also work, right?

We are distributing HiFimeDIYs USB DACs from Germany including invoice and VAT, so that customers don’t have to worry and shipping times will be quite fast. Webshop: muc89.com or on ebay: if you search for Raspyfi on ebay.de or ebay.it, I believe Keep up with this good work! Hi Stephen, thanks to some very helpful guy (thank you, mp!!) – we just got SA9023 to work. How does it go?

Ok, first of all, the oversampling ES9023 together with USB IF chip SA9023 requires for a bit more power, than the usual 100mA on USB, which a cheapo 1.90 USB DAC might be ok with it. No wonder, as the ES9023 has got a bit more of processing to do, to get the sound quality right. In fact, the SABRE USB DAC as a USB device asks for 250mA.

If someone now tries to use it on a Raspberry Pi Device A, he will not be able to use it out of the box, as there are two Polyfuses for USB preventing a USB device to work, if it needs more than 100mA. There are some ways around it for Device A, described here: Or you can connect an active USB hub on Device A – this will do as well On Raspberry Pi Device B, there is only one Polyfuse left (the other two have been removed) – this one Polyfuse now limits the total System Power (including all USB devices) to 1.1 Amps. For Device B you should be ok to connect USB WIFI, USB DAC, USB Memory Stick and passive 2-port hub to the Raspberry – just verify, your power supply delivers a bit more than 1A on stabilized 5V.

Now for RaspyFi B to detect the USB DAC with SA9023/ES9023, make sure the DAC is connected to the (passive) USB Hub and NOT to the USB socket directly on the Raspberry. And voila – booting it up – autodetection of RaspyFi works and immediately you’ll get crystal clear sound out of this tiny little USB DAC. By the way – Mixer Type “hardware” in MPD settigs is supported by this DAC as well – and will pump up the volume. Hope this helps. If there are any questions, feel free to contact me here: •.

I am not sure why my comment was not listed here so I post it again: I spoke with the co-founder of Schiit. He confirmed that no firmware update was ever made since the launch of the Modi. So the Modi never changed. Is not a firmware issue. So I rest my case: whichever device your mate claims he used, that is not Modi, because I did use modi and it does not work.

It is not a PSU issue either: I used 1 and 2 Amp with right voltage. Also it works perfectly on windows. So please take Modi out of the compatibility list before other people waste their money trusting a wrong information. I’m using Schiit MODI with RaspyFi for 2 months and it works like a charm, and it was absolutely “plug and play”. Quoting from the Schiit MODI FAQ (): - So, you’re saying you plug this in and you’re ready to go?

Any Windows or Mac computer instantly recognizes Modi and requires no drivers, and many Linux distros that support USB Audio Standard 2.0 work just fine as well. It doesn’t even need a power supply—it’s USB powered.

And, of course, you’ll need an amp. Magni matches Modi very well. I want only one thing, a cheap USB to S/PDIF convertor that is BIT PERFECT for the Raspberry Pi.

I don’t know about linux audio drivers, but I need my Benchmark DAC1 to get FLAC audio via S/PDIF without the data being changed in anyway, re-sampled, volume adjusted or any other horror. On the PC we have ASIO for that.

Can I buy a Pi and get bit perfect audio today? Someone please direct me to a USB to S/PDIF convertor/DAC that has been tested BIT PERFECT and I will be very happy I don’t care about anything other than the S/PDIF output. Thanks for your great blog! PS I have worked as a mastering engineer for 10 years. If you want high quality audio see what is sold to well known mastering engineers! There is SO much bullshit in the world of audiophiles. Mastering engineers get paid for their results and have to know what they are talking about to get any success.

If you want a quality DAC check out Benchmark / MyTek / Lavry and steer clear of homebrew audiophile gear •. Hi David, nice to see you here Well, if I should suggest a solution that fits your needs I’d say the XMOS 192kHz high-quality USB to SPDIF. Or the Hiface Two (but I prefer the solution above).

As for the other things you say, I do perfectly agree with you. But I must say, that building your gear is something really funny, and you learn so much doing that. I should not say it, but if you have to buy the Raspberry just for playing music, don’t buy now We are about to release something better, for a better platform A small clue Let me know •. I had the chance this weekend to compare my raspyfi setup (odac + raspberry pi + powered usb hub) to the cambridge zur 651c. We (3 guys) listened via nubert nuline 284 We couldn’t here any difference between the cd player and the odac – for two of us it was a blind test. It was easy to switch from the the cd player to the odac via the cambridge stereo amp.

I think the internal filter of the odac is more than enough – I don’t need a linear power supply for my odac. But i will test it in the near future if there is a difference with a linear power supply It would be great if someone could compare it on headphones The sabre 9023 is well integrated in the odac, I don’t know if the other 9023 dacs out there are as good integrated as the odac – would be great to compare them on a high end system. In the medium price dac list I’m missing the hrt streamer II and hrt streamer II+ It there any small linear power supply which doesn’t cost as much as the odac?