GY-PCM5102 is a tiny purple i2s DAC with a line out stereo jack, and costs as little as $4. It can be found on Aliexpress, eBay and Amazon. I wired it to a Raspberry Pi Zero W, as in the photo, and selected the HiFiBerry DAC device setting in Volumio. It appears to be working well!
New I-Sabre ES9028 :
Here :
Any help on how to make this work on the raspberry?
I’m trying to use the hifi-berry dac+ overlay on osmc. The card turns up fine, but there’s no sound. Also dmesg gives me this line:
pcm512x 1-004d: No SCLK, using BCLK: -2
Any help?
Cheers
Hmmm you’re not on the right place …
but have you tried to use a “generic driver” (RPI DAC / Hifiberry DAC / ES9023 etc …) this board is a slave.
Pi 2 Design 502DAC - PCM5122 DAC w/WM8804 Digital, Isolated AES/EBU Single Ended and Balanced out, Toslink
http://www.pi2design.com/502dac.html
502DAC Pro - Same digital section, but PCM1792 DAC and LME49600 Headphone Amplifier
Do you know for sure that this DAC works with Volumio? Was having nothing but problem with their ES9018k2m DAC. No open source driver.
Hi,
I’ve just sent an email to Audiophonics site about using this DAC (audiophonics.fr/fr/dac-diy/a … 12105.html) with VolumIO, and the answer is yes it’s possible as this DAC product has been designed to run without any driver thanks to it’s embedded hardware.
On the product page at Audiophonics, you also have one customer feedback saying:
“Perfection - Amazing soulfull clear and strong sound
Took some time before rebuilding an RPI dac macine based on volumio. According to Audiophonics advices (David, many thanks) i took this DAC with a Kali and an IFI power supply. My Hartley S150 never sounded so soulfull with numeric music. Best DAC ever tested. Recommended with high end HIFI.”
David is the guy who answered me (full name is David AUBERT) and the less I can say is he answered me very, very quickly 
So I’m going to buy a set of pieces at Audiophonics: RPI 3 B, this famous Sabre DAC, and the ALLO KALI Reclocker (audiophonics.fr/fr/raspberry … 11433.html).
NanoSound DAC is a TI PCM5122 based DAC which integrates many convenience features, made by NanoMesher - http://nanomesher.com
It features:
We have also built a headphone & speaker amp for it, just plug the Amp^2 under the NanoSound and with a single 5V Power supply you will add the capability to drive 2 loudspeakers and a demanding headphone set
http://nanomesher.com/nanosoundamp2/
There is also a complete kit available with 3D printed case:
Available in:
Nanomesher Shop - http://nanomesher.com/store/NanoSound-c24616736
Volumio Shop - https://volumio.org/product/nanosound-dac/
Blog by Michelangelo Guarise (CEO of Volumio):
https://volumio.org/nanosound-player-convenient-volumio-complete-player/
An even greater implementation for the sabre 9023p than the mamboberry LS+
The mamboberry HD+ DAC !
Huge local filter capacitors from NICHICON and specific from it’s audio hi-end series “Muse”
Three new Ultra low noise 4.5 μv power supplies from Texas Instruments
Two choices for Ultra Low jitter Femto Clock :
– Crystek(Hi-End clock)
– IDT(Low noise clock)
WIMA plastic film capacitors at audio low pass filter
ELNA audiophile bypass capacitors
SUSUMU SMD resistors at i2s line
more info : collybia.com/product/mambob … 2khz24bit/
I used the IQaudIO case from modmypi.com
(modmypi.com/raspberry-pi/ca … case-clear)
very beautiful - the only thing is to make the DAC power connector hole bigger…
Hi I’m new to this with the raspberry and DAC…
I don’t if it’s any good beside any dac that coat 500$ and more…
I bought on ali express the aluminium case raspberry pi3 b and u geek aoide dac II and want to know if you have the extension for the output for it and id someone have listen to it…my friends that are ““true audiophile”” smile at me and think this is shit because it only cost 136$ Canadian.
Thanks to reply
Chris
Since this one is not listed and I got one recently so I will post.
http://www.raspberrypiwiki.com/index.php/RPI_HIFI_DAC
It is like an Allo BOSS clone so it uses the Allo BOSS device tree. Master clocked PCM5122 with two oscillators. Sounds better than the PIFI DAC+ and not much more expensive (£19). I do recommend powering it separately and not use the Raspberry 5V which is extremely noisy. You can really hear the differences. I use a TPS7A4700 Low Noise LDO Regulator (linear power supply is expensive 
) to supply the DAC and it works really well since it is LDO (307 mV at 1 A) I can use that on a USB power supply and still get good enough voltage.
Hi,
Audiophonics released new DAC:
AUDIOPHONICS DAC I-Sabre ES9038Q2M Raspberry Pi / I2S & SPDIF / PCM DSD
audiophonics.fr/en/diy-dac/ … 12795.html
This one is not in list so I have to post :
DAC : AK4495SEQ 32bit
From here: audiophonics.fr/fr/dac-diy/ … 11966.html
To make it work you have to provide MCLK , 2x9 Vac and 2x15Vdc . For this I use Kali Recloker , some voltage regulators ( home made) and 1 trafo.
Architecture: Velvet Sound I2S
THD+N -101dB
S/N 123dB
Digital filters 4
PCM 384kHz
DSD tested : DSD64, DSD128 & DSD256.
Price: 79,00 €
It is working with Terra-Berry DAC2 driver but without hardware volume control. ( If somebody know how to make it work , please help).
I’m set up using Allo.Com Piano 2.1 and Kali reclocker hooked up to the Pi3B+ using Volumio. Works Great. Here is a quick video of it hooked up and working.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eDMUNpOrCXIpgPGktUy8Nmk0YmVRxmQocA/view?usp=sharing
Orchard Audio’s ApplePi DAC Hat
SPECS:
see the DACBERRY ONE+ a PCM5142 Master Mode board which sounded very well in my soundcheck…
(setup with acrylic case from osa electronics)
Specifications
– Analog / Digital soundcard
– PCM5142 (Master Mode) + WM8804 (Slave Mode)
– Configurable onboard modes for WM8804
– Up to 384kHz / 32bit resolution
– Up to 0.2W on 32 Ohm Headphones
– Dual ultra low-jitter Kyocera crystal oscillators
– Dual ultra low-noise LDO’s for analog an digital power rails
– Directly powered from the Raspberry Pi / Tinder Board
– Gold-plated RCA and 3.5mm phone jack
– Optical (TOSLINK) and Coaxial (RCA) connectors
– Optical and Coaxial Input/Output
– SDB™ 1.0 Connector
– Compatible with all Raspberry Pi’s with the 40-pin connector
– Compatible with Asus Tinker Board
– Compatible with other boards using I2S protocol
– Low-Noise design with isolated Digital and Analog parts
– Compatible with OSMC / RuneAudio / Volumio / Moode / PiCorePlayer / PiMusicBox / OpenELEC and others
– Designed and assembled in the beautiful Barcelona, Spain. 
osaelectronics.com/product/ … -one-plus/
[size=150]Orchard Audio’s PecanPi DAC[/size]
http://www.orchardaudio.com/pecanpi
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Specifications for XLR Output:
– Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR): 130dB (A-weighted)
– Dynamic Range (DNR): 125dB
– Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N): -110dB or 0.0003%
– Output Voltage: 5Vrms
Specifications for RCA Output:
–Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR): 127dB (A-weighted)
– Dynamic Range (DNR): 121dB
– Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N): -110dB or 0.0003%
– Output Voltage: 2.5Vrms
Specifications for Headphone Amplifier:
– 390mW peak power into 32 ohms
– 780mW peak power into 16 ohms
General Specifications:
– Sampling Rates: PCM up to 192kHz
– Bit Rates: Up to 24-bit
– Compatible Rpi Models: 1B+, 1A+, 2B, 3B, 3B+ Zero, ZeroW
[size=150]ABACUS-Electronics AroioDAC[/size]
https://www.abacus-electronics.de/produkte/streaming/aroiodac-rpi-hat/aroiodac.html
Professional designed 4-layer board by a German HiFi manufacturer
The jumpers are for feeding with extra power supplies and split digital and analog ground.
https://www.abacus-electronics.de/media/wysiwyg/AroioDAC/aroio_dac_connections.pdf
Chipset TI PCM5122
Hardware volume control: yes
Price: 69€
https://www.abacus-electronics.de/produkte/streaming/aroiodac-rpi-hat.html
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