“The pi pro dac is incredible, the dac chip is Burr Brown(TI) 32 bit with direct outputs so no coupling caps, no op amps, no mute circuits, this is good because they can all degrade the signal. In the pi implementation it probably can only use a maximum of 24 bits but no matter it's ample.
Initially it sounds clear but a bit gritty, give it a day to run in and it smooths out. Musically it can handle some big complex passages with pace. I kind of don't understand because normally big local capacitors are needed for this amount of scale but the board is fairly light of those. Maybe it's the large 5 amp power supply that's doing it. Suffice to say if this were a cd player it would be a very good one.”
“Excellent sound from such good value device. Plugged into home hi-fi and gives noticable better sound than Rpi internal sound and rivals components costing much more.”
“Very quick delivery and easy to install. Making a music playback system so need to upgrade main board so as to increase memory. Will be ordering next instalment very shortly….”
“Received today however discovered that it will not fit when the raspberry pi heatsink/fan is also fitted. It did not come with a larger header. I feel like this is an oversight, or it should at least be mentioned that it will require GPIO pin extension and 4 longer standoffs.”
“This seems to be a well made piece of kit.
I bought it for a Raspberry Pi 4 and it works almost immediately out of the box.
The sound output is very good indeed.
I am well pleased with it.
Excellent value for money.”
