HifiBerry DAC no sound

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#1

I started my new Raspberry Pi build before - RPi2+HifiBerry DAC+Volumio (latest version), but I’m having problems enabling the DAC.

If I enable i2s, and select “HifiBerry DAC”, I get no sound at all.
If I disable i2s, and set to “Audio Jack” I get sound form the 3.5mm socket.
If I enable i2s, and select “Allo BOSS”, I get sound through the DAC RCA connectors. But, the sound seems very weighted towards the centre - almost as though it’s Mono.

I’ve tried disabling i2s, rebooting, re-enabling i2s and rebooting but still didn’t seem to give any output set to “HifiBerry DAC”.

Any suggestions? How do I tell if my board is “HifiBerry DAC” or “HifiBerry DAC+”? I bought it a while ago.

#2

For HiFiBerry, there’s either a single crystal device or the dual crystal, the Pro. The board itself will have a name on it, but it’s very likely that you have the DAC+. Anything else is likely to be Volumio not getting its naming correct.

If you’re getting any sound out of it, with any settings, then the board is working; for me, whenever I’ve had weird shit happen with a Pi, I’ve always found that throwing the microSD card away and starting again with a new one fixed it…

#3

Ok, this is really annoying now.

I don’t know how, but it did finally start working, and has been for a while… until I changed something for testing. Now, I cannot get it to go back onto I2S.

So, I set I2S DAC “On”, select DAC Model as “HifiBerry DAC Plus” (which I know it is now), press “Save”, and as soon as I reboot, it’s back to I2S disabled.

I’ve tried setting it so many different ways - starting from HDMI/Audio Jack, also tried setting to Allo Boss which gave me audio before somehow, but it just keeps defaulting back to I2S “Off”. Help please!

Is there a way I can configure this through SSH, rather than the buggy UI?

#4

Every time the RPis have misbehaved or begun to behave inconsistently, I’ve bent my brains around testing the damn things until… I try a new SD card. That has always worked, so try a different SD card with Volumio and the logical card settings, then see what happens,

Chris M

#5

Hi,

I have the same problem with my dac plus pro (that version I can not choose) but after restart, i2s is off. It’s happening after latest Volumio version.

SD card new and reimaged.

Besides is there a setting for the pro?

Regards,
Ad.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G960F met Tapatalk

#6

Hello,
same issue here with Raspi PI2B and Hifiberry DAC+. I choose the DAC+, Alsa Error, I switch I2S off, restart, then choose Hifiberry DAC, restart, change to DAC+ (without restart) and it works. After a reboot in some cases I2S is again off, or the setup of the DAC is back to Hifiberry DAC.
So I took the setting wit Hifiberry DAC and the System runs stable, also after rebooting. But now I would be interested if there are any differences between the settings of DAC vor DAC+. Are there any effects in sound quality or compatibility?
Any idea of other users or Volumio?
Regards leo

#7

Check the PSU voltage at the DAC. They can be fussy and like 5.2VDC.

#8

Thank you for your reply. I tried another PSU (original Raspberry) output 5,1/2,5A and it is the same. Maybe I find a PSU with 5.2. Do you have a recommendation?

#9

Hi Bigguy !

Does your Tinker board setup sound better than your RPI?

Regards.

#10

There’s not a lot of difference I can hear between the OSA Dacberry One and the HifiBerry DAC; the OSA has a little more bass and sounds a little more focused. It depends on the track being played.

Re PSUs; I found the official Pi PSU (5V1) works well.
Also the NorthPada Raspberry Pi 3 Model B 3A Power Supply.

I’m using the MeanWell RPS-30-05 30W PSU (which has an adjustable 4.7 - 5.5VDC output) in my Volumio players and find them totally reliable at 5.25VDC.

https://volumio.org/forum/volumio-build-t9833.html

#11

Hi

I bought Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ with HIFIberry Digi+ Pro .

I’m using VOLUMIO

I want use S/PDIF output to connect my DAC

After many test it doesn’t work, No Audio from S/PDIF output or RCA Connector ( Only USB from rpi…)

but…

SOLVED

It is necessary only to follow the steps :
1 Reinstall SW on SD
2 plug in the HIFIBERRY
2 Start new configuration of Volumio from scratch .

#12

Hi
I have a DacBerry one+ board and have the same issues as you describe, with no sound from either RCA or S/PDIF on the board. I manage to get sound on headphones from the DacBerry board, so it is communication with my RP 3+, and Volumio. I have tried different power-supplies, but no change in my issue.

What versions of Volumio have you tried with?
Did you change version?
What is the version that is working?

Best regards
R, Norway

#13

There is a known problem with debian not detecting the DAC correctly.
I used to use a static config in /boot/config.txt

initramfs volumio.initrd
gpu_mem=32
max_usb_current=1

Own parameters

dtparam=audio=off
dtparam=i2s=on
dtoverlay=hifiberry-dacplus

audio_pwm_mode=2
disable_splash=1
hdmi_force_hotplug=1

include userconfig.txt