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12 thoughts on “HiFiBerry Digi”

1. Miki December 26, 2013 at 08:54

   Hello
   I find your Hifiberry very intersting and promising.
   I wondered if it is possible to have an input multiplexer on the hifi berry I2S. since i would like to be able to add other source like CD.
   Now I saw this project so i wonder if this board can be made as an input, converting SPDIF to I2S. This opens the possibility to stack the cards and maybe add a selector from the PI. this may in turn be an option in the control SW e.g. Volumio
   so
   is it possible to add multiplexing (3x spdtchip)?
   may it be an option for future hifiberry boards/
   same for an stackable spdif input to dac?

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2. Daniel (HiFiBerry team) December 26, 2013 at 10:40

   Hi Miki,

   these are interesting options. We might have an S/PDIF input connector on the Digi board (without an RCA or optical connector on the board). This gives the option to add external inputs. You could also design a board that features multiple inputs and a multiplexer. Nothing like that is planned yet, but it might be a project in the future.

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3. Martin December 26, 2013 at 13:17

   Nice project, but I can’t find it in your shop, are you going to sell them?

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4. Martin December 26, 2013 at 13:49

   Does it work directly with the Pi MusicBox (http://www.woutervanwijk.nl/pimusicbox/) or is an update of drivers needed? The Pi MusicBox supports audio output through HDMI, USB or the on-board DAC, I don’t know if i2s is output in any of those modes or not..

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5. Daniel Post authorDecember 26, 2013 at 15:33

   The HiFiBerry Digi is still in the test phase. We expect to sell them in January 2014. We haven’t tested it yet, but it should work with Pi MusicBox, if it uses the normal ALSA sound subsystem.
   You can subscribe to out mailing list to get information, when it is available.

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6. Paweł December 29, 2013 at 23:19

   when it can be ordered?? :)

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7. Daniel Post authorDecember 30, 2013 at 07:25

   We’ll start production soon. I would expect the product to be ready end of january.

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8. Jess January 3, 2014 at 16:00

   This looks like an excellent idea, however, wouldn’t it be better to offer the thing populated for optical OR co-ax OR both?

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9. Daniel Post authorJanuary 4, 2014 at 15:26

   We though about it. But having 3 different version will increase complexity in production. We think, we can still offer a competitive price.

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10. jess January 4, 2014 at 18:09

    I was under the impression that it was a partially assembled kit, if it is fully assembled, then my suggestion is not relevant.

    (Only having the required connections, would make surgery to the case simpler too)

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11. Jakub Rączkowski March 29, 2014 at 23:09

    @Daniel – any updates on possible release date? I’d love to buy one of these.

    Also – has anyone compared HiFiBerry with the Wolfson Audio Card for sound quality?

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    1. Daniel Post authorMarch 31, 2014 at 08:03

       If you have subscribed to our mailing list, you will receive a mail about the availability soon.

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