Allo Piano Dac 2.1 first impressions

gkkpch · November 13, 2016, 10:30pm

Max2Play is hardly usable, care to use a Volumio test image for Sparky? Then drop me a PM.
-Gé-

marcellom · November 14, 2016, 7:47am

michelangelo:

marcellom:

Here I am: my tests. I set on the interface choosing Allo piano dac 2.1, other settings are in default mode.
2.0… normal channels on, sub off, no problems, no drops out, no errors.
Setting field in 2.1 mode, after the restart, i have try to play a 16-bit file.
After several attempts to play and errors (failed to open output) dac has started playing. The sub sounds thin and I had to get closer to hear something.
After that i try to play a 24-bit file.
The some several errors with output but after that the dac started to play properly. The volume its ok and normal and the sub output works togheter… sub sounds well and everything works properly.
I tried to hear difference between FIR and Ringing settings but passes a long time between reboots, im not feeling differences…
Michelangelo… ask, how can i help you?
Edit: I use Volumio with Rpi3.

Marcellom, I think your system didn’t finish the firstboot script. If you don’t mind, could you please reflash it, leave it alone for 5 minutes in the first boot and then retry all the above?
Is the issue still there?

Hi Michelangelo (and staff) after reflash and after about 30" i have configurated Volumio…
The problems are the some as described in my other post. I know is an hard work, sorry

allo · November 14, 2016, 8:12am

Hi ,

I know that RPI3 has still some bugs especially if you have the internal wifi and i2s enabled…is there a way that you can use external wifi ?

allo · November 14, 2016, 3:09pm

There was a problem with file permissions, we are working to fix it asap

marcellom · November 14, 2016, 4:54pm

Hi, im using an external wifi… or better… i’ve plug an external wifi dongle. There’s a way to know if I’m using the internal one or the external?

marcellom · November 15, 2016, 9:14am

Ah ok, very good…
becouse after trying i can say that rpi2 and rpi3 give me the same errors…

allo · November 15, 2016, 10:35am

Good news, we are testing still but so far everything works

marcellom · November 15, 2016, 4:39pm

Yeppy! Great… and i have ordered a Kali Reclocker… im loving this Allo stuff LOL

marcellom · November 17, 2016, 5:06pm

Any news boys?

volumio · November 17, 2016, 5:26pm

Yes!
Here you have the volumio image for Raspberry PI with full Allo support:
updates.volumio.org/pi/volumio/2 … pi.img.zip

And, for those in need, here you have the Sparky one as well:
updates.volumio.org/sparky/volum … ky.img.zip

Please let us know if you spot any obvious bug or if there is something still to fix. If everything works good, it will be released this weekend

marcellom · November 17, 2016, 5:40pm

Oh boys! Tonight i have an SD to coocking LOL Great, thank you very much!

marcellom · November 17, 2016, 10:07pm

It seems is working well… this w. e. ill test new distro… stay tuned

kaptainen · November 18, 2016, 1:41pm

does this include the regular piano dac as well?

balbuze · November 18, 2016, 3:19pm

Sparky link is broken…

volumio · November 18, 2016, 4:06pm

Yes, sorry. Here’s the working sparky link:
updates.volumio.org/sparky/volum … ky.img.zip

allo · November 18, 2016, 4:08pm

…we are tuned .

marcellom · November 18, 2016, 4:46pm

Eheh yes, tomorrow i will home alone… wife will go out to work…
The bier is alredy in the fridge… LOL

marcellom · November 18, 2016, 4:49pm

Anyway… i have played some flac 16 and 24 bit… for now no errors, no audio stops, web interface via wifi is working good…

balbuze · November 18, 2016, 4:51pm

If everything is fine, I will test the VANA system in half a hour !!! I was waiting for month :mrgreen:

marcellom · November 18, 2016, 4:54pm

I think that is all right…but my piano 2.1 is connected with rpi3…
Here a little picture…