“I've paired this DAC with my pi zero w to stream music in our bedroom. For such a small device, this DAC packs a punch. The sound is clear, vibrant, and in some respects sounds even better than my dedicated stereo downstairs.
I'm currently using Volumio as my streaming software and with a little tinkering, I was able to get everything up and running in about 20 minutes (including my soldering time). In order to get this to work I had to install Volumio on a SD card, place it in a raspberry pi 3 and enable my wifi settings. I then placed the SD card in my Pi zero, booted it up and then under the Volumio settings, I enabled the i2c device and selected the Phat Dac. I then plugged the whole contracption into the auxillary port to our radio (I'm sure you could do the same with just a powered speaker) and got instant solid music. Everything has continued to work flawlessly since. I've very impressed by this little DAC and would highly recommend it.”
“I bought this to go in a portable "mp3" player. I used the hammer headers to mount it to a Raspberry Pi Zero, a little solder and using the recommended script I was away. It could only be improved if it was solder-less, but this isn't an issue for most.”
“Had been reading about DACs but they seemed to cost a lot of dosh and then came along pHAT DAC at ВЈ12 so I thought I would give it a go and WOWEEE was I amazed!!! Using a cable splitter I attached the pHAT DAC to my 2.1 speaker system (A Single Audio Pro Addon T10 and a pair of Audio Engine A2's) and then followed the very simple set up on the tutorial and once I had paired my iPhone to it I cued up some music and waited for the inevitable silence. But No! I got music and it was music like I have never heard before.
Have to mention also that I used Hammer Headers too and this made it even simpler and also quicker to set up.”
“Very nice little DAC for the RPi. I use the DAC with OSMC on RPi 3 and RPi zero W.
It took some trouble sorting out but when you configure it the right way it works like a charm .So for newcomers my configuration of pHAT DAC on OSMC for RPi 3 (OSMC installed by NOOBS with cable internet connection) and RPi_Zero_W (OSMC installed via https://osmc.tv/download/, last versions support WiFi).
To acces the command line in OSMC:
Menu POWER > Exit, immediate press escape when blue screen pops up again.
Default userid/pwd: osmc /osmc
To configure WiFI in OSMC: menu My OSMC > Network
In /boot/config.txt add the lines:
dtoverlay=hifiberry-dac
dtparam=audio=off
In /etc/modules add the line:
snd_soc_hifiberry_dac
In /etc/asound.conf add the lines:
pcm.!default {
type hw card 0
}
ctl.!default {
type hw card 0
}
Reboot
In menu configuration menu System > Sound: change Audio Output Device to
ALSA:Default (snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac Analog)
Succes! Ben”
“As far as I know, common audio cards cannot be DIRECTLY used to drive an IR LED to use it as a remote control, because IR protocol is based on a 38000 Hz carrier, hence an hardware hack is needed: https://jumpjack.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/worlds-cheapest-remote-control-replicator-just-1/
Being this audio card capable of 192000 Hz, I guess it's just a matter of connecting a single IR LED to its output and driving it with the proper waveform to be able to turn the raspberry PI into an IR remote control!”
“Does what it says on the tin. The install script worked flawlessly, and the output quality is absolutely amazing, and not just for its price, but in general. It just works :) No hardware volume control, but to be honest, the quality sort of demands a good amp anyway, so i don't really think that's a big issue.”
“I bought the pHAT DAC to use in combination with MoOde Audio on my Pi Zero to enable higher fidelity audio output, and for ВЈ12 this is an absolute bargain! I have installed my pHAT DAC on my Pi Zero and used the Zero4U USB hub to provide enough USB ports to enable me to use a WiFi dongle and USB thumb drive, which is used in my car to create a WiFi AP that I can connect to and stream music to from my iPhone, or play some HD audio tracks that are stored on the USB thumb drive.
The sound quality of this is great too - much better than my iPod connection in my car and you cannot go wrong for the price. Must have for any Pi audiophile!”
“Easy to install (following instructions, I did it manually rather than run the script) Sound is good. Certainly compared with the sound from an HDMI to VGA with 3.5mm audio jack which was completely useless.”
