Cases for DACs

Audio Gear DACs
1

Hi guys,

considering buying a new DAC for my rev b pi - are there any recommended cases, for the cards such as the IQandIO board?

Thanks
Tony

2

Hi Tony, we don’t have a case for the IQaudIO.com Pi-DAC yet and I’m not sure if anything out there can be hacked to fit.

We are considering a specific case but there is such a wide spectrum of user’s needs / wishes (cheap / hifi like / high end - wooden end caps) it’s making it a little difficult to proceed with one design.

What would you be looking for in a case? Just something to wrap it up and stop the whole thing grounding?

G

3

Hi G,

yep, would just be looking for a simple case, that allows access to all ports, and keeps the boards safe etc.

Thanks
Tony

4

The Wolfson Audio Card has a case for it:

uk.farnell.com/camdenboss/wolfso … nAudioCard

It’s not supported by Volumio yet but will be very shortly apparently.

5

This one works with the PiDac if you add an M3 screw as spacer on each of the pillars…

amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E … UTF8&psc=1

A bit fiddly to put together but it works for me

Hope this helps

cheers

Nic

6

Nice solution Nic, thanks for pointing that one out. I’ll let others who have been asking know.

gordon

7

I just took delivery of one of these. Ordered from a guy on eBay though, as I found Farnell to be a bit too ‘trade-oriented’. They want you to have a company credit card, or a trade account, or order over £20, and they don’t seem to offer PayPal as a payment option.

Anyway the box arrived this morning. It didn’t have any instructions with it, so it took a bit of jiggling about to get the Pi and Wolfson audio card into it, but I got it done without too much trouble. It all fits snugly, and looks quite nice.

I left the included light-pipes out for now. Maybe I’ll have a go at fitting those at some later point. There are also 4 rubber feet included, that fit into holes on the bottom of the case.

So it’s all done, and everything still works! I’m pretty pleased with it :slight_smile: Nice solution.