Allo Digione

[Matthew Browne]

Enjoying Digione with Roon very much. It's amazing how these two have changed the musical landscape at my place over the last week, the digione sonically, Roon organizationally. Only trouble is changing spidf cable over to my sound card when I want to watch something on YouTube or Netflix. Is there a way to make the Digione play all the sound that's  coming out of my PC?

[allo.com]

Digione will play only 44/48Khz (and multiple ) since the 2 NDK clocks are exact multiple of that. All  audiophile music will fall on those categories , unfortunately some video file can be a different multiple. No way to play them correctly unless we add a few more oscillators on the board.

[Matthew Browne]

I think youtube is within the clock range. Can you point me to where I can learn to use Digione for something other than a Roon endpoint?

[allo.com]

Try Volumio and DietPi forums . It can be used as an end point in many ways

[vlomdmdiv]

I received my Digione player today diet pi and it can be found on my network. However, there appears to be no BNC digital output to my DAC. Any recommendations?

[Bikutoru]

Whichever software you use on RPI3 needs to be told to use I2S output/Digione as its audio out. I use Volumio and it is there under 'Playback Options/I2S Dac' switch.

[vlomdmdiv]

5 hours ago, Bikutoru said:

Whichever software you use on RPI3 needs to be told to use I2S output/Digione as its audio out. I use Volumio and it is there under 'Playback Options/I2S Dac' switch.

 

Thanks Bikutoro . I think it's set in DietPi already. Was pre-configured at Allo? My iFI Audio micro IDSD does not lock on the signal and there is no sound output. See screenshot.

[Bikutoru]

I'm confused.

Does iFI Audio micro IDSD has BNC or coax input? That's what Digione is for. If you are just using USB from Digione to IDSD then Digione needs to be told to output USB, but that defeats the purpose of Digione which is the cleanest BNC/Coax output.
 

[vlomdmdiv]

Thanks for your help.

 

The iFi Audio micro iDSD does have a coax input.

 

I think that I got it working. I have audio output. I hooked up a monitor and keyboard and went to the dietpi-config page and selected the allo digione for the audio output. Now, the screenshot looks better, I believe.

 

 

[Bikutoru]

I'm glad you got it going.

Since it is working you have to tell us how it sounds ;-)

[vlomdmdiv]

19 minutes ago, Bikutoru said:

I'm glad you got it going.

Since it is working you have to tell us how it sounds ;-)

 

So far it sounds good. Better than my HiFiBerry Digi+ Pro, I'm still thinking. Will try it with various cans. My Roon DSP-enabled Audeze iSine 20's sound good but very different than my other cans/earphones. I'll try a few ear-tip options to see if there is more bass.

[vlomdmdiv]

I have been experimenting with the Allo DigiOne Player and so far this is the best sounding combination for my bedside rig:

 

Synology NAS DS116 > Roon ROCK (NUC7i7BNH) > Allo DigiOne Player (Diet Pi) > Resonessense CONCERO HP > Audeze iSine 20 (Roon DSP Audeze iSine 20 Preset Enabled)

 

I'm liking the sound of the Resonessense CONCERO HP over my excellent iFi Audio micro iDSD by a good margin in the above set-up.

 

 

[rruffin]

On 12/19/2017 at 11:15 AM, ALLOaudio said:

Hi to all

please see the mat black finish alu case for Digione player with integrated heat sink for the RPI.

Ready to ship early 2018!

Comments welcomed!

regards

Will you notify us when the new metal case is available through this Allo Club?

[ALLOaudio]

yes we will.

we are making some changes to the final design.

thank you for your patience.

i will have more news and images next week

[zacho]

11 hours ago, ALLOaudio said:

yes we will.

we are making some changes to the final design.

thank you for your patience.

i will have more news and images next week

Please keep the ethernet port portion of the case flat. I've been finding it extremely difficult to work with telegartner connectors and the digione as the case gets in the way of the clasp. 

[ALLOaudio]

@zacho

thanks for the tip. will keep in mind.

[ebrandon]

I am planning to use a USBridge or Digione over wifi.  Would the acrylic case be better than aluminum for my application because of antenna issues?

 

[ALLOaudio]

@ebrandon

we have tested and I can confirm that the wifi signal is not affected by the alu case.

 

[Kalle W]

On 2018-01-18 at 9:29 AM, ALLOaudio said:

yes we will.

we are making some changes to the final design.

thank you for your patience.

i will have more news and images next week

Feeling eager and not patient enough. Sorry. Any news / pics of the alucase?

[ALLOaudio]

@Kalle W

 

i know how you feel...

will be able to share new design pics by next week for sure.

the you guys can share your thoughts.

thanks and have a good weekend.

[eis]

I've had my Digione for three weeks now and can honestly say it is superior to the HiFiBerry Digi+.

My setup is very simple  = Volumio, SSD to usb, RPi 3, Digione, SMSL M8/P1 DAC. 

At the moment I don't have many DSD files. 

[hertzberg]

Roon suddenly wont find my digione. It works with Squeezelite. I run 159, have not dared to upgrade yet... But 159 should still work? My USB Bridge works... also running v159 software

 

[Kalle W]

Any news regarding the alucase?

[ALLOaudio]

@Kalle W

Hello and please see the final revision.

Overall size is 9.5cm x 10.5cm

Order for mass production has been placed but China is shutting down for their New Year celebration until the end of Feb.

 

will update again once stock is ready .

thanks

 

 

[Kalle W]

Thank you, looks promising!

Have you experienced any audible advantages with the alucase over the current version?

Second, how far away would you estimate a new signature version is from introduction?

 

Kind Regards