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Pine64 announced a couple of bluetooth audio projects in this month's blog update. Both use the Bestechnic BES2300 bluetooth chip which is apparently mostly used in wireless earbuds and hearing aids. The board has USB, coax and optical digital in and out, mini-jack audio out (not sure about in)...

I think it can be made to work, but it may be more complicated than it initially seems. I think the D10s has volume control exposed over the USB interface, but I believe this only affects the analog outputs and not the digital. I also don't know if piCorePlayer will default to using the hardware...

Short version: if your Plex server is exposed to the internet it may be being abused in Distributed Denial of Service attacks, and you need to check your configuration. For more details see...

The Pi 4 compute module has been released and could be interesting for DIY stuff. The IO board has all the connectors on one edge, as well as exposing the edge of a hat to the same side, so for many hat DACs the connectors will be on that edge. The compute module has options for wifi/bluetooth...

The Topping L30 thread got somewhat sidetracked around here. There are various tube simulation plugins as VSTs, LADSPA plugins and so on that try to dproduce the 'tube amp sound' as an effect. There are hardware devices from Kemper, Fractal Audio etc. that aim to recreate the sound of an amp...

One of the lesser known features of the Raspbery Pi Zero is that you can use its USB port in device mode with the various linux 'gadget' drivers. The audio gadget driver will make the Pi appear to be a USB audio interface when you plug it into a PC, streamer or whatever USB host, with certain...

I've previously outlined how the Forte currently has essentially no controls in linux, how that stops it being usable as a measurement interface, and that I was trying to do something about it. I've now had enough success that I think it's worth sharing, at least for anyone who can cope with...