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Allo Piano DAC support
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 6:35 pm
by Janis
Hello,
There is no Soundacrd selctetion for Allo DAC products in config menu.
https://www.allo.com/sparky-eu/piano-dac.html
What should I use, which card/ driver to enable Allo Piano DAC in DietPi?
Janis
Re: Allo Piano DAC support
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 4:13 pm
by Janis
Hi,
Just got the driver c code from the also tech support team.
https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/bl ... iano-dac.c
Please advise how to add it to dietpi?
Shall it be compiled and launched, or somehow embedded in dietpi image?
Need your help to get it done.
Janis
Re: Allo Piano DAC support
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:49 pm
by Fourdee
Hi Janis,
Looks like there is a dtb already available:
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware ... audio.dtbo
So, should just be a case of adding the following to
/DietPi/config.txt:
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dtoverlay=allo-piano-dac-pcm512x-audio
Reboot, then check soundcard exists with:
Re: Allo Piano DAC support
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 1:42 pm
by Janis
Thank you, that worked!
I have now tested Allo DACs - they are amazing. The best sounding DACs I have seen for Raspberry so far. Much better than Audiophonics V3.
Will post my review on Roon Community site.
Janis
Re: Allo Piano DAC support
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 9:17 pm
by Fourdee
Janis wrote:Thank you, that worked!
I have now tested Allo DACs - they are amazing. The best sounding DACs I have seen for Raspberry so far. Much better than Audiophonics V3.
Will post my review on Roon Community site.
Janis
Excellent, great to hear
I'am still enjoying the JustBoom DAC HAT and Odroid HiFi Shield 2. Do you have either, would be good to get a comparison?
Re: Allo Piano DAC support
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 12:42 pm
by Janis
No unfortunately, I don't have these.
Here is my review of Allo DACs.
https://community.roonlabs.com/t/allo-r ... y-pi/16263
Re: Allo Piano DAC support
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 2:21 pm
by Fourdee
Excellent review, thanks for sharing

Re: Allo Piano DAC support
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 5:32 pm
by Fourdee
Added Allo Piano to dietpi-config for v139:
Re: Allo Piano DAC support
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 1:14 pm
by Janis
Thank you!
Will try it.
Do you know why AirPlay has stopped working if on same network are running several Raspberry PIs with Shairport?
http://dietpi.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=972
Re: Allo Piano DAC support
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 1:18 pm
by Janis
I'm not getting v139 update?