NEW MAKER TECH
HIFIBERRY AUDIO CONVERTER
$42: hifiberry.com
If you find the Raspberry Pi’s audio output capabilities lacking, it may be time to invest in a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC). Switzerland-based Modul 9’s HifiBerry is just that, providing great quality audio output at a reasonable price point: For around $42, it upgrades your sound capabilities to 24bit, 192kHz audio.
I tested both their DAC and Digi models and was quite impressed at the aural improvement — details are clearer and the audio gains a real sense of space that felt horribly absent when played through the Pi’s built-in output.
The DAC version has dual RCA jacks, while the Digi model outputs both coaxial and optical S/PDIF audio. The one downside of the device is it ...
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