29.01.2014, 10:01
Hello!
This piece of text is for non german readers. That contains a short story about my DIY HifiBerryAmp.
Please excuse my weak English
A little bit of history. I started with DIY HiFi last year with building a cabinet for a loudspeaker set called Micro 2006
You can see this loudspeakers on the picture below.
![[Bild: HiFiRaspiAmp3.jpg]](http://mustrumridcully.gmxhome.de/HiFiRaspiAmp3.jpg)
Please take a closer look to the picture, to the left bottom corner. You can see, that I don't have space for an big amp. Another importent thing is, that there is not enough space for the hot air from an traditional amp.
Second reason for building an amp with HifiBerry and Raspberry Pi was, that I like to read books while I'm listening to backround music (somthing like watching a movie in my mind - that need a soundtrack). I don't like to power my PC only for little bit if background music and it was not really comfortable to having the noise from PC in background.
So I was looking for an small network music player with the ability of playing FLAC files. I found some good commercial products, but they are too expensive.
I found here in this thread a part of the story of developing HiFiBerry DAC. This was in my mind very suitable for my project, because it is small and it don't need an own power supply.
For Raspberry I choose Volumio distribution, because it cames with built in support of HiFiBerry DAC. Another reason for using Volumio is, that I don't need an App to use it from smartphone, iPad or PC.
The amp is build with two switching power supply from Meanwell (a 200W 24V for amp and 15W 5V for Raspberry). The amp module is from HifiMeDiy and I really like it.
I'm very satisfied with the HiFiBerry DAC, I was in the beginning really surprised how much sound I get from this cheap DAC. It is amazing for looking in the faces of friends, after I told them how much HiFiBerry costs. They newer minded that this sound is possible with so few electronic parts.
Thanks to the HiFiBerry crew for this outstanding DAC!
Greetz
Otto Normahl
This piece of text is for non german readers. That contains a short story about my DIY HifiBerryAmp.
Please excuse my weak English
A little bit of history. I started with DIY HiFi last year with building a cabinet for a loudspeaker set called Micro 2006
You can see this loudspeakers on the picture below.
Please take a closer look to the picture, to the left bottom corner. You can see, that I don't have space for an big amp. Another importent thing is, that there is not enough space for the hot air from an traditional amp.
Second reason for building an amp with HifiBerry and Raspberry Pi was, that I like to read books while I'm listening to backround music (somthing like watching a movie in my mind - that need a soundtrack). I don't like to power my PC only for little bit if background music and it was not really comfortable to having the noise from PC in background.
So I was looking for an small network music player with the ability of playing FLAC files. I found some good commercial products, but they are too expensive.
I found here in this thread a part of the story of developing HiFiBerry DAC. This was in my mind very suitable for my project, because it is small and it don't need an own power supply.
For Raspberry I choose Volumio distribution, because it cames with built in support of HiFiBerry DAC. Another reason for using Volumio is, that I don't need an App to use it from smartphone, iPad or PC.
The amp is build with two switching power supply from Meanwell (a 200W 24V for amp and 15W 5V for Raspberry). The amp module is from HifiMeDiy and I really like it.
I'm very satisfied with the HiFiBerry DAC, I was in the beginning really surprised how much sound I get from this cheap DAC. It is amazing for looking in the faces of friends, after I told them how much HiFiBerry costs. They newer minded that this sound is possible with so few electronic parts.
Thanks to the HiFiBerry crew for this outstanding DAC!
Greetz
Otto Normahl
