{"id":16239,"date":"2017-01-16T10:21:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T09:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16239"},"modified":"2017-01-16T11:50:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T10:50:48","slug":"iqaudio-releases-new-audiophile-add-on-board-for-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16239","title":{"rendered":"IQaudIO releases new audiophile add-on board for the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.iqaudio.co.uk\/215-thickbox_default\/pi-dac-pro.jpg?resize=560%2C560\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<p>IQaudIO have just released their newest board, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iqaudio.co.uk\/audio\/47-pi-dac-pro.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pi-DAC Pro HAT<\/a>. Using the\u00a0PCM5242 DAC, this board gives\u00a0higher quality output than its predecessors and features both Phono and Headphone\u00a0sockets. Here is the list of features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raspberry Pi HAT (A+\/B+\/2\/3) compliant accessory<\/li>\n<li>Full-HD audio \u2013 up to 24-bit\/192kHz playback<\/li>\n<li>Integrated hardware volume control (via ALSA)<\/li>\n<li>Built in high quality audio headphone amplifier (TI TPA6133A)<\/li>\n<li>Class-leading audio:\u00a0<strong>114db SNR, and -94db THD<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Audiophile TI Burr Brown 32-bit\/384kHz DAC (<strong>TI PCM5242<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Advanced ESD protection<\/li>\n<li>Uses the digital I2S audio signals to reduce CPU load over USB audio solutions<\/li>\n<li>Raspberry Pi powered, no external power requirements<\/li>\n<li>Industry standard audio quality Phono\/RCA connectors<\/li>\n<li>Supplied (but not fitted) JST headers to deliver Balanced output to XLR or similar<\/li>\n<li>Built\u00a0in mini DSP<\/li>\n<li>Fully built and tested Raspberry Pi accessory<\/li>\n<li><strong>Designed and manufactured in the UK<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is an interesting step-up from IQaudIO (who have always proved themselves ahead of the curve in terms of audio quality) and is sure to please audiophile Raspberry Pi enthusiasts. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iqaudio.co.uk\/audio\/47-pi-dac-pro.html\" target=\"_blank\">The board costs (a very reasonable) \u00a342 from the IQaudIO website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IQaudIO have just released their newest board, the Pi-DAC Pro HAT. Using the\u00a0PCM5242 DAC, this board gives\u00a0higher quality output than its predecessors and features both Phono and Headphone\u00a0sockets. Here is the list of features: Raspberry Pi HAT (A+\/B+\/2\/3) compliant accessory&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16239\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,20,31,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-gpio-boards","category-music","category-rpi-shopping"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IQaudIO releases new audiophile add-on board for the Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16239\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IQaudIO releases new audiophile add-on board for the Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IQaudIO have just released their newest board, the Pi-DAC Pro HAT. 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This time, however, he's taken one of his wife's collection of broken\u00a0useless rubbish\u00a0vintage radios, a Raspberry Pi, an IQaudIO\u00a0audio board and amplifier\u00a0and some other small parts and\u00a0given it a new lease of life. 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