“I expected a usable piece and got a wonderful one. It is better that my excellent CD player (http://www.lampizator.eu/lampizator/REFERENCES/Philips%20CD753/PhilipsCD753.html). Paired with Dayens Menuetto and Monitor Audio Bronze 2 it makes me smile any time l listen.
I am running OpenELEC/Kodi on my Pi Zero.”
“Pi zero + wifi dongle + pHAT DAC + https://www.hackster.io/fvdbosch/raspberry-pi-zero-airplay-speaker-d99feb made my last hour.
Easy to step by step follow install instructions and nice sound coming from my living room stereo amp.
I totally recommend this hardware setup + this hackster guide for any newbie wanting to get a cheap and small airplay like device.
Even the soldering work was enjoyable!
Big fan of Pimoroni products, #teamrobot but always interested in sound related projects.
Time now for a bier enjoying some rock blasting from my stereo.
Keep on delivering us good products! (and nice tote bags btw)”
“I bought this to go on my Pi Zero and be my SharePort - Airplay,
connected with line out to my Bose Companion 2.1 system also using Max2Play software.
All I can say is the incredible sound and quality of the audio just has to be heard. My wife is quite amazed at the quality of sound we get.
Very happy with PiMoroni shipping and wonderful customer service - one of the best with Pi's and add-ons.
Thank you”
“I ordered an pHAT DAC for use with a rPi0. After soldering all 40 pins to the zero and than to the DAC, in noticed that I had soldered the pins upside down to the DAC, but very very neathly.... Removing them again took me some time and in the end, Brut-force. But after soldering it the correct way, all was well! Great product, high quality, sturdy and good sound. I already had a rPi2 with HiFiberry DAC+ and now I'm looking in making a multi-room audio system with several Volumio2 installs throughout the house, running on rPi0 & pHAT DAC's. It is great fun building your one, more economic Sonos system :D
Love your products, and enthusiasm! Keep it up!
Regards,
Ruud”
“Having remastered old soldering skills, I had some difficulty getting Volumio to work with my Zero. Not that fault of the DAC, but it set me back a bit. I ended up installing Moode on the zero, which is a different off shoot of the same parent software to Volumio.
Once I had worked out I could access Moode via wifi to manage headless set up, I was away. Finally!
The software already has the PhatDac built in as an IS/2 option. So it's a case of selecting, rebooting and you are away.
For such a small piece of kit, you really do get a great sound out of it. While I am not using it at the moment, I would recommend the RCA adaptor. It doesn't look as elegant once you have pieced everything (zero, PhatDac, case). But, the additional flexibility will ultimately be appreciated.”
“This hat has been so valuable, as I have managed to get it to work with a wifi dongle to stream via shairport any music/podcast/bbc radio to the kitchen, it has brought to life a 10 year old iPod dock and solved the problem of having a wider choice of things to listen to whilst cooking, rather than sticking to dab.
Recommend for radio/podcast/music lovers who want a cheap way of getting wireless audio from your phone/ laptop to anywhere in your house.”
“PiZero from factor, nice sound and easy to set up - what more could you want? It's perfect ... well almost. What would be REALLY cool would be a footprint for a PAM8403 (or similar) amplifier on the card, with its few extra components. A compact DAC with on-board amp would be so convenient. So what do you think about releasing a version 2 guys? Maybe with & without the amp preinstalled.
Even without the amp, it's still a hit. Well done!”
