Review and Measurements of HiFiBerry DAC+ Pro

[AudioSceptic]

The Sprout is an integrated amp and has a DAC, the HiFiBerry is just a DAC, no amp, just line out.

I had the HiFiBerry before I owned the Sprout running into another amp so I just kept using the line outs. Plus the HiFiBerry DAC+ Pro handles DSD, which the Sprout doesn't

According to Amir's reviews here, the HiFi Berry DAC+ Pro outperforms the Sprout's DAC in any case, e.g., SINAD is about 10 dB better.

Edit: link <https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...-and-measurements-of-ps-audio-sprout100.7049/>

 

[Hemicrusher]

According to Amir's reviews here, the HiFi Berry DAC+ Pro outperforms the Sprout's DAC in any case, e.g., SINAD is about 10 dB better.

Edit: link <https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...-and-measurements-of-ps-audio-sprout100.7049/>

I remember looking at the specs way before I heard of ASR and the HiFIBerry DAC+ Pro was better. I have been pretty blown away by it, especially since it was so cheap to set up. All less than $100.

 

[DavidH]

I find that Pi4s with HiFi Berry HAT DACs, running Ropieee, make decent sounding, cheap, easy Roon Wi-Fi endpoints; a very stable solution for multi zone systems. I now have them littered all around our home, hooked up to various headphone and speaker systems for the whole family.

 

[AudioSceptic]

I see there is a HifiBerry Dac2 HD https://www.hifiberry.com/shop/boards/hifiberry-dac2-hd/ with specs that suggest it might rival the Khadas Toneboard. Has anyone see any measurements?

 

[noise]

Does anyone think there is a difference with the reviewed product and the HIFIBERRY DAC+ ADC PRO? It looks like it just has the additional analog input. I am thinking of pairing that with the HIFIBERRY AAMP60 for a streamer + ADC + small amplifier.

 

[AudioSceptic]

Does anyone think there is a difference with the reviewed product and the HIFIBERRY DAC+ ADC PRO? It looks like it just has the additional analog input. I am thinking of pairing that with the HIFIBERRY AAMP60 for a streamer + ADC + small amplifier.

The spec for the DAC part looks the same, apart from FR to 70 kHz instead of 90 kHz, so I'd say no important difference.

 

[dave99]

Does anyone think there is a difference with the reviewed product and the HIFIBERRY DAC+ ADC PRO? It looks like it just has the additional analog input. I am thinking of pairing that with the HIFIBERRY AAMP60 for a streamer + ADC + small amplifier.

I've done exactly this combo with a 4GB Pi and Bose 141 speakers running Librelec. No issues at all and sounds marvelous. I have a 7" IPS screen coming tomorrow to finish it off. Right now I have it connected to my vintage Kenwood system. The 141's easily connect to the AAMP60 on top.

 

[noise]

I've done exactly this combo with a 4GB Pi and Bose 141 speakers running Librelec. No issues at all and sounds marvelous. I have a 7" IPS screen coming tomorrow to finish it off. Right now I have it connected to my vintage Kenwood system. The 141's easily connect to the AAMP60 on top.

Nice! After I posted that comment, I ordered the parts to put it together. I'm using a RPi 3 A+ for the base of the stack. It is connected to a somewhat weak PSU and I think it was dropping out a bit with an even weaker one I was using before that. Since the AAMP60 requires a jack, I need to order one for the beefier laptop 20V PSU I plan to use.

 

[dave99]

Yes, I'm using an old Dell 19.5v 4.62A power brick. A bit big and over the top but works very well.

 

[AudioSceptic]

I see there is a HifiBerry Dac2 HD https://www.hifiberry.com/shop/boards/hifiberry-dac2-hd/ with specs that suggest it might rival the Khadas Toneboard. Has anyone see any measurements?

Archimago has just measured the DAC2 HD <https://archimago.blogspot.com/2021/02/measurements-hifiberry-dac2-hd-hat-for.html>. Not bad at all, and that's using an ancient DAC chip!

 

[somebodyelse]

Archimago has just measured the DAC2 HD <https://archimago.blogspot.com/2021/02/measurements-hifiberry-dac2-hd-hat-for.html>. Not bad at all, and that's using an ancient DAC chip!

Other noteworthy things in there - a direct comparison of hardware vs. software volume control, and performance of the same hat dac on different Pi models, both showing essentially no difference.