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Raspberry Pi has USB right? So why not just get a Schiit Modi? A very high quality DAC that can be entirely USB powered.
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usually when people do [1] or something like that it's to a link. to my ear the audio out of the pi's hdmi port is perfectly fine. i think the DAC used in the RCA jack is probably not very good. I would pay for a HDMI audio to DAC adapter rather than $33 for another soundcard that just works with the pi.
Are there any sub-$100 HDMI DACs that do 5.1 or 7.1? That would be amazingly useful if so.
almost every HDMI decoder chip has 4x I2S outputs and just spits out digital audio
for example ADV7604
Cheap chinese HDMI-2-VGA adapters use chinese made hdmi receivers, those lack proper i2s outputs and provide only 2 channel SPDIF. example: http://www.taker.im/up/138624609420664378890.jpg http://lontiumsemi.com/English/ProductShow.asp?ProductId=4
Raspberry Pi has USB right? So why not just get a Schiit Modi? A very high quality DAC that can be entirely USB powered.
The USB on the Pi has some issues. A lot of devices need to use an external, powered USB hub because the board can't supply enough. Your ethernet is also going through the USB hub.
