Shadowlight recently sent me his DietPi dac and he set it up remotely for me tonight.
https://dietpi.com/There were some glitches as I plugged it into the ethernet port on my iMac rather than the router and I typed in the wrong password. But D is a very patient guy and was persistent as well. He also looked at my ASUS screen and saw my devices disappearing and reappearing, especially on the 5.0 band. What a mess that is....
He was also able to configure the DietPi to link to Roon and it worked flawlessly tonight. I used Gary’s carbon fiber ic and power cords, but had to run to the garage and find another ic and it was a cheap piece of..... , but it’s all I had. I plugged the cheapie wallwart into the wall and started things up. I was very, very surprised how good it was. After a little while, I plugged it into the Uber and a nicer, cleaner sound. This little thing presents a nice soundstage, resolves very nicely and as the Linnies would say, is quite “tuneful”. Now mind you this is with the el cheapo ic’s from the Antelope..which I usedas an analog volume control....to the McCormack amp and the wallwart power supply. I’d love to have another good pair of ic’s and the capability to use use my custom 16 v linear power supply with a 5mm
jack. But I h@ve no idea what the Diet voltage is and whether the plug would fit.
I’m going to continue listening and enjoying. For a $125 or whatever the cost, this is really an amazing device. My thanks to shadowlight for the loan!