I think anyone building one of these would choose this option if it existed, as long as sound quality didnt suffer. It would truly be a Sonos Connect killer.
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HiFiBerry team Hi Jayson,
combining both will increase the costs (and therefore also the price) quite a lot. Would you pay, let's say 60%-70% more than for a pure analog or digital board?
Best regards,
Daniel -
Jayson Adair Absolutely. Ship me the first 5 you make. Just let me know when you need payment. :) Needs change, this would make the device a one stop shop. I just received my 1st shipment from you and I already wish I had this card. I would also pay $100 or so more to have this mounted in a heavy milled aluminum case full(17") or 1/2(8.5"). This would sit nicely in an audio rack.
Something like this would be very cool:
this particular case can be purchased for $58, so if you bought quantity, im sure you could get it cheaper.
So to sum up, if you had a product that was mounted in this case that had analog and digital outputs I would happily pay $300. I think thats more than the 60-70% hike you referred to.
Anyone else?
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Jayson Adair to be clear,
$300 gets me:
RPi 3
DIGIDAC One (wow, I just came up with a cool name for the new part)
Power Supply
Case similar to above
8GB SD Card
Assembled by you :) with Roon Pre-installed
When can you ship this?
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HiFiBerry team Hi Jayson,
it's not that simple. We don't build individual boards. While we might think about a board like this, we first need to understand if there is enough demand for it. We can't just build 5 boards, these would be extremely expensive. If there is enough demand from customers, we might develop something like this.
Best regards,
Daniel -
Jayson Adair Im sorry, I thought I was clearly joking about "when can you ship this". :) I was not joking about anything else, and I know what it takes to develop a new product, i'm saying that when/if you make this, send me the first 5. Also, the part about buying assembled in a nice chassis was very serious, even your existing products. I am about to order a DAC+ Bundle from you and wish you had a nice chassis option for it.
Anyway, I love your product, keep up the great work, and get some USA based shipping setup. Need a US distributor?
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Anton (HiFiBerry team) Hi Jayson,
we have already some resellers in the US, have a look here: https://www.hifiberry.com/about-us/resellers/
But of course we are always interested in some more. If you want to become one or have an interested contact, just send me a message (anton@hifiberry.com).Cheers,
Anton
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