“Did exactly what it said on the tin! nice clear sound, easy to set up. Perfect for a PI zero music player. Much neater than a USB DAC and does not tie up that one and only USB port on the zero.”
“Ordered a 2nd unit because I managed to damage mine by shorting some of the pins out on the edge connector when it was powered up. Now the right channel is almost inaudible :-(
Its a fantastic thing though, just treat it with more care than I did.”
“Useful help from the customer service, suggested using HiFi berry settings. Managed to get this working for Kodi in OSMC using these instructions. https://www.hifiberry.com/build/guides/enabling-hifiberries-in-osmc/ It is hard to tell if the sound is an improvement over the standard set up with HDMI, I may just have bad hearing, although I am sure I can hear more fine details in the sound. Very happy with service.”
“Fit perfectly with the raspberry pi zero W. It's the perfect tool for an audio streaming Pi!
Just install Shairport-Sync + Adafruit SD read only script, plug it to your Hi-Fi and forget it: AirPlay Audio easy as with an Apple TV: Essential and incredibly functional.
Just to say, it also has remove volume control!”
“A few minutes of soldering headers and downloading software and *boom* my sweet old JVC PC-200 is rocking like it never did! The setup script didn't install shairport-sync (?) but after I added that, it popped up as an Airplay device and it works like a charm. FWIW I have this on a Pi Zero W.”
“I recently purchased this DAC and am fully satisfied. This material offers a good value for money and I was able to realize a project with a RPI zero W. I use Volumio and it is controlled with a smartphone. The product was well packaged and the shipping costs reasonable for France.”
“I bought this DAC along with a Pi Zero W about three months ago, in the hope that i could generate tinnitus masking sounds in my bedroom while trying to fall asleep. It seemed like a plausible and affordable solution, and in case it failed, i could make a retro game device out of it.
Turned out the sound quality was so good that i had to go invest in a soundbar for it. Especially realtime sound generators can make use of the DAC's capabilities, but even compressed sound files sound a lot better through this than your average laptop sound card. Pink noise, binaural beats, metronome / heartbeat, rainfall audio files, and my favourite collection of ambient music - the DAC passed all the tests.
The only gripe i have is the lack of a mixer device. It cuts off half a star, but at this price, combined with the fact that i do not need to wear my tinnitus masking devices when i am at home, it's only fair to round the rating up instead of down.
To close this off, i want to thank the people who posted asound.conf snippets - you folks most likely saved me a day or two, much appreciated!
PS: The above is based on the RCA output option - i haven't tried the quality of the mini jack.”
“Used this pHAT with my son at a 24-hour maker event to build a Raspberry Pi Zero W powered theremin. Next step is to build an app interface to choose between different synth sounds and backing drums.
Getting the pHAT DAC working was probably the easiest part of the project! And the sound quality was great for our purposes.”
