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Maybe we need a power supply thread? But since we don't have one, saw this post at diyaudio http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pc-based/302687-es9018k2m-es9028q2m-9038q2m-dsd-i2s-dac-hats-raspberry-pi-39.html#post5459137 Ian is comparing a ultra cap he found to a123 lifepo4 batteries. Here's the cap li...

Richard (abrax) gave me a heads up on the use of I2S directly from ESP32 devices Had a look & it seems capable of I2S output & also using external MCLK according to the documentation here & DIYAudio thread just started https://cdn.sparkfun.com/datasheets/IoT/esp32_datasheet_en.pdf http:/...

id doubt this design copying will stop the masses from buying from massdrop diyers will be more empathetic with the original designer but theyll be in the minority its pricey enough just for the board compared to soekris 1021? Yea, compared to Soekris, it doesn't seem to make sense for any reason e...

Yea, Pearse, great work, there's no stopping you when you get going

Why do you want to move to a 1.2V 0.5A regulator when you have 1A ones already - better quality or something else?

The xmos ndk clocks..are better clocks.. Not really - there's a lot of myth around these ndk clocks, it seems. I've seen it reported by Jocko, a well respected RF engineer who has measured these clocks, that there are wide variations in these clocks - Yes the best ones are very good but there's a w...

Thank you very much for the help jkeny. it is playing music :) What's your setup there? Hi nige, my setup is raspberry pi 3 - diynhk 768 isolated xmos - potato -cs4396 dac diy with transformers output... Sounds good.. Now i connected amanero with potato and the sound is much more clean.. Maybe my i...

nige2000 wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 8:41 pm I've an oddity my first yellow sd player can read a 32gb sd card class 10 it's pure chinesium but my second sd card player can't read it?

Oh, random reliability is not a great sign - Fran had similar issues.

Thanks for posting Nige, i did not think the numbering would show up when the pictures were reduced but they look OK. It was a good exercise doing this as I found that my board had 2 small Capacitors knocked off it...i do not think it is the cause I could not get it to work with the Big 7 but you n...

hello all, i´m trying the reclock mod with potato chip but in my case i need masterclock to the dac. how do i connect it ??? connect mlck from sd card to potato and at the same time to the dac board with a split cable??? thks for help. Keep the wires short & just connect MCLK from potato to you...