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Allo Katana DAC SQ Opamp - sound card for Raspberry Pi

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Shield of Hat type for Raspberry Pi, version 3B+ / 3B / 2B with RCA connectors. It is used in device of high quality, system DAC is based on the ESS SABRE 9038 chipset, working in master mode, provides the highest-quality sound. The device is characterized by a very small deviation of the jitter.

Allo Katana DAC SQ Opamp - sound card for Raspberry Pi
€243.50
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Manufacturer: Allo Sparky
Compatibility: Raspberry Pi

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Description

Shield of Hat type for Raspberry Pi, version 3B+ / 3B / 2B with RCA connectors. It is used in device of high quality, system DAC is based on the ESS SABRE 9038 chipset, working in master mode, provides the highest-quality sound. The device is characterized by a very small deviation of the jitter - 390 fs. The set contains the Opamp board in versionSound Quality (SQ).

Katana DAC

What distinguishes the Katana DAC?

Katana DAC consists of three boards layered on Raspberry Pi:

  • Katana Board: contains the ESS9038 DAC system and oscillators NDK with extremely low frequency for MCLK
  • Katana Opamp Board: represents analog output phase, on which all the discrete circuits of the OP-amp are converted into analogue channels, left and right (XLR balanced and RCA unbalanced
    • SQ: 100,5 Thd + n balanced 1kHz - board is optimalized in terms of quality of sound. Sparing few numbers to thd+n, the module has the sound similar to analog.
    • THD: 112.9 Thd + n balanced 1kHz - module does not make interrupts in music. It sounds very good (to buy in other version)
    • The difference between SQ and THD depends on the system and own preferences. Both versions have very good sound
  • Katana Micro-Controller Board: controls the functionality of the DAC with the downloaded firmware. The microcontroller receives configuration parameters for the DAC to the Raspberry via the I2C interface. It can also transmit a voltage via the integrated DC-DC converter to Opamp board.

Detailed product description is onthe website of the manufacturerandthe user manual.

 

Specification

  • Power supply: 5 V / 3 A, through USB-C connector (powering together with Raspberry) - other forms of power are available inthe user guide
  • Dedicated 384kHz/32bit ESS SABRE 9038 DAC chip
  • Support of DSD 64, DSD 128 and FLAC files via DoP
  • 2 RCA outputs
  • 2 places for soldering the outputs XLR
  • DAC THD+N (1 kHz, 0 dBfs), at -112.75
  • Sampling frequency from 44.1 kHz to 384 kHz

 

 

Sound card - type Katana
Sound card - gold-plated contacts yes
Sound card - Chipset ESS SABRE 9038
Sound card - Connectors 2x RCA gold plating
Sound card - output digital
Package width 0.001 cm
Package height 0.001 cm
Package depth 0.001 cm
Package weight 0.001 kg

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