KALI reclocker and PIANO DAC giveaway

[Audiohrdwr]

Hello RUNEaudio members,

For those who dont know us, we are ALLO, the manufacturer of the KALI reclocker board and PIANO/PIANO 2.1 DACs.
We would like to better introduce our hardware to this community, so what better way than organizing a giveaway.
The rules are very simple...
1> be an active and involved member of the RuneAudio community
2> be willing to share your feedback ( in this thread) about our hardware with the rest of the forum
3> PM me with a few words about yourself and why we should chose you

the prizes...
1 KALI reclocker and PIANO DAC
1 KALI reclocker and PIANO DAC
1 KALI reclocker and PIANO 2.1 DAC

you can read more info about the hardware on our site allo.com

Looking forward to receiving the entries, I will announce the winners once we have selected them. Your private info (name and address) will be kept private.

regards,
Andre

And the winners are:

hondagx35
pelliott321
Lurk

thank you for participating and please contact me with your shipping addresses.

[Yatsushiro]

Having recently benefited from Andre's and Allo's generosity, I would recommend anyone and everyone to participate in this giveaway.

I have been running a Kali with a Mamboberry LS DAC+ for some weeks now, to great effect; they are a great combination, giving my music great clarity and extension on my equipment. I do have a Piano 2.1 to try, in fact a complete Vana system, but I will have to run Volumio to get the full benefit, as neither Rune nor Moode can drive the Piano 2.1 or the Sparky SBC to full effect. I had hoped to have it all running by now, but a combination of a long holiday, researching and buying a subwoofer (for the 0.1!) and waiting for a working Violumio release has delayed things a bit.

If you need any more motivation, check out the relevant threads on DIY Audio, Art Of Sound and, dare I say it, Volumio fora/forums; there's a lot of good things being heard and said out there...

[hondagx35]

[Yatsushiro]

Hi Frank

The Piano 2.1 DAC will function under Rune (and Moode) but only as an 'emulated' Iqaudio DAC (or a Ti PCM5122 DAC). The Piano 2.1 DAC has 4 RCA outputs, each pair driven by a separate PCM5142. This DAC can be used as a 'standard' stereo DAC, using just two of the RCA's, a 2.1 output device (2 monitor speakers and a mono sub) using 3 of the RCA's or as a 2.2 output device, using all four RCA's. (Its better described here: https://www.allo.com/sparky/piano-dac-2-1.html ) This configuration, and the selection of the frequencies at which various filters/crossovers kick in are mostly usually configurable (currently via Volumio).

As a confirmed Rune, & Arch, user (I've tried the others and keep coming back), I would be ecstatic if Rune could make full use of the Piano 2.1 DAC

Would it help if I wrote a nice letter to Santa?

[Blackfear]

[Audiohrdwr]

Hi,
the Piano 2.1 is superior to the PIANO for a number of reasons, it will deliver superior sound quality when paired with the KALI.

[Yatsushiro]

[Audiohrdwr]

Hi to all,

On the new Runeaudio we will try to incorporate all the setting of Piano 2.1

[Yatsushiro]

[MarkBegins]

Hi all,
I bought the piano 2.1 With the Kali reclocker for the raspberry 3 with Rune audio.
Just enabeled the I2S and the iqaudiodac+ in the config and it works perfectly.
Now I am comparing it with my Teac VRDS10 with Musical Fidelity Digilog dac.
Both heavely upgraded with clock, tubes, capacitors etcetera.
First impression is that they are good competitors.
At the moment I let it play for some time. After a few days there will be more info.

Greetings Mark