Recent content by hastings

I completely agree with you. Nevertheless I purchased it. The only reason I bought it to see if I can hear any difference myself compared to the dacplus. I don't know yet because I received the card today.

Below a review of the HifiBerry DAC2 HD by Hans Beekhuyzen.

I'm interested to see the difference between the RPI 3B+ and the RPI 4 with the same DAC HAT. Regarding Hans Beekhuyzen () RPI 3B+ is the better one for audio. Unfortunately he didn't give measurements.

IMO a RPI 4 is overkill for streaming and a DAC. I'm using a RPI 1 B+ 700 mHz. The average CPU usage is about 30% during streaming. Only during switching radio stations the CPU usage tops to 90%. Temperature is 36-37 Celsius. Note that I'm using raspotify (Spotify Connect) and the Android app...

Please be aware that the iFi iPower X 5V delivers 2.5A and that the RPI 4 requires 3A. Not enough power can result in distortion.

HiFiBerry DAC2 HD https://www.hifiberry.com/shop/boards/hifiberry-dac2-hd/

@RayDunzl and @andreasmaaan thank you both for your answers!

I don't know how Hifiberry has implemented this but it is mentioned on their website: https://www.hifiberry.com/blog/dac2-pro-or-dac2-hd/

Hifiberry promotes the DAC2 HD that it has more dynamic range than the DAC2 Pro. I'm wondering is dynamic range is important when you play music at modest volume levels?