RaspyFi - Topic: No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Chris on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Mon, 02 Jun 2014 07:05:35 +0200

I was able to get the dragonfly working on version 1.0 of Raspyfi. But, the sound is very soft. The web GUI says 100, but it is hardly audible with headphones.
Any ideas?

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Bref on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Wed, 07 Aug 2013 22:42:56 +0200

Solved.

AQ Dragonfly works with Raspyfi10beta (https://sourceforge.net/projects/raspyfibeta/files/raspyfi.10betatest.rar/download).

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Bref on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:08:14 +0200

Sorry, I'm spamming here...

Could it be that the AQ Dragonfly only accepts 24bit? If yes, how can I feed my df with 24bit starting from a 16bit source?

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Bref on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Mon, 22 Jul 2013 22:53:11 +0200

Hey all,

my dragonfly is not flying at all. I am close but at this point I have no clue what to do next, except ask you guys.

tl;dr
I have a metallic jitter which is louder than the actual music independent on the file I play (mp3, flac, etc.). This annoying sound is always present (not only at the beginning of a file).

What I did so far:

* Installed the newest berryboot and installed both, raspify and xbian.

* Applied the usb-audio-fix: http://www.raspyfi.com/raspber.....audio-fix/

* Checked performance of dragonfly on my notebook running ubuntu. Works perfectly.

* Connect to pi via SSH and installed gmpc on notebook. Connection is fine and working.

My pi is powered via a usb hub and an additional psu. when I measure the voltage over tp1 and tp2 its always around 5.02V while everything is connected:

external hdd -> usb hub -> PI -> Dragonfly <- simple psu (normally I charge my phone with it) using a Y usb cable.

Dragonfly -> nad c325bee or headphones.

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 14cd:6116 Super Top M6116 SATA Bridge
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 21b4:0081 // (<- Dragonfly)
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05e3:0610 Genesys Logic, Inc. 4-port hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 05e3:0610 Genesys Logic, Inc. 4-port hub

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: DragonFly [AudioQuest DragonFly], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

playing flac
cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S24_3LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 44100 (44100/1)
period_size: 5513
buffer_size: 22050

playing mp3
cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S24_3LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 44100 (44100/1)
period_size: 5513
buffer_size: 22050

audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "USB Dac"
device "hw:0,0" # optional
# format "44100:16:2" # optional
# mixer_device "default" # optional
# mixer_control "PCM" # optional
# mixer_index "0" # optional
}

Independent on the audio file type or source (sd card, external hdd, usb stick) I always have a metallic jitter during playback.

I do not know if the usb-audio-fix worked (it did not take 20mins, more about 2mins).

Another thing which puzzles me is why hw_params always shows 24bit depth (also with format "44100:16:2"). Maybe this is the problem but I have no idea how to change this.

Any help is appreciated, THX a lot!

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rolandblaze on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:11:09 +0200

Thanks for the link, already one step ahead tho and already used the great guide for setting up wireless I didnt use "sudo alsamixer" at all, is there any need to? Sadly I still get the odd click especially on higher res tracks, will this be addressed in the next version of raspyfi?

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admin on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:14:18 +0200

Here you are:
http://www.raspyfi.com/wi-fi-o.....ple-guide/

Bye and thanks for the feedback!

Could you please also post the name of the mixer bars (if there are) if you do

sudo alsamixer

? Thanks!

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rolandblaze on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:43:07 +0200

The USB fix worked for me using my dragonfly. Thanks very much, the perfect little player now, just gonna have to wait for the shortcrust pi case to come out and i think it will be perfection! Also any little leftover pops i did get are gone when unplugging the ethernet cable, so next thing for me is to try a wireless nano card that also uses the usb and see if that allows me to control raspyfi without the pops caused by usingthe cable (until possibly a fix is found).

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admin on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 13:42:55 +0200

Did you guys tried the usb fix?
http://www.raspyfi.com/raspber.....audio-fix/

This should solve the aforementioned problems...

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Tommaso on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:21:54 +0200

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cat /proc/asound/card1/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S24_3LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 96000 (96000/1)
period_size: 12000
buffer_size: 48000

Con flac a 96Khz Si sentono spesso dei clip, con flac a 44Khz va un po' meglio ma i clip ci sono ancora.

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0424:2512 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 058f:9254 Alcor Micro Corp. Hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 059f:1022 LaCie, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 413c:2003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 13b1:0020 Linksys WUSB54GC v1 802.11g Adapter [Ralink RT73]
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 21b4:0081

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Fred on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Tue, 28 May 2013 21:56:13 +0200

Here is the output while playing the DragonFly with RaspyFi 1.0.
Maybe this is of any help.

ragards fred.

Without DragonFly
sudo lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.

With DragonFly
sudo lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 21b4:0081

While playing flac 44.1khz
cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S16_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 44100 (44100/1)
period_size: 4096
buffer_size: 16384

While playing flac 96.0khz
cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params
access: RW_INTERLEAVED
format: S16_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 48000 (48000/1)
period_size: 4096
buffer_size: 16384

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admin on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:00:56 +0200

For people using the Dragonfly, could you please paste the output of (while playing)

cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params

and

lsusb

Thank you, we're getting closer to the permanent fix!

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Sjaak on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:18:27 +0200

Did the USB patch, as published two days ago, solve the problems with the Dragonfly? Most other asynchronous DACs work now...

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admin on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:42:16 +0200

Grazie Tommaso,
ti do un indizio, con il Dragonfly per qualche motivo il flusso di dati gli arriva a 24 bit, cosa che il pi non riesce a gestire... Se riesci a capire come fargli arrivare dati a 16 bit abbiamo risolto... Fammi sapere!

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Tommaso on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:45:48 +0200

Ciao,

anch'io da giorni sto cercando di far funzionare il mio DAC AudioQuest Dragonfly connesso al Raspberry ma senza nessun risultato.
Escono fuori soltanto dei clip e rumori vari.
Se riesco a risolvere vi faccio sapere.

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michelangelo on No luck with AudioQuest DragonFly

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 02:17:01 +0100

Hi Erik, I'm further investigating the problem with the Dragonfly. As i told you, it seems that it uses by default 24 bits communication, so my goal is to detect where this command is stored, and change it in 16 bit mode.
By the way, if the foundation can solve the tedious usb problems, this issue will no more affect your music. Just be patient, I'll sort it out!

A post is coming also to show the complete situation, since I think lot of people will be interested in using the Audioquest Dragonfly with RaspyFi!

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