Schiit MODI DAC

[DustySeven]

Got my Schiit MODI in the mail today, works fantastic. To control volume from RUNE UI or MPD you do have to use software control.

[ACX]

[DustySeven]

Interesting, I have had no issues what so ever with the 0.2 beta. It sounds amazing and there is no volume, distortion or any other issues whatsoever. I am using the Orion v2 kernel on the RUNE. strange that you have had issues. I hope you find out what is causing it.

[ACX]

With 0.2-beta everything works fine because it uses an older version of kernel, the problem shows with the more recent ones. Ah, I confirm you that OrionV2 is the best kernel profile with that DAC in my experience.

[DustySeven]

Just tried the .3 alpha and I see what you are talking about. Such a shame that it wont work on the new kernels. I highly ask that you try to find a fix. The MODI is an amazing DAC considering its price and makes a great choice with RUNE and Raspi for a low cost great sounding system.

[ACX]

I know because I own it and I cannot use it anymore
Such incompatibility between Modi's firmware and newer kernels is a true pity. I hope we can find a workaround for that...

EDIT: In the next release we are going to include also the old kernel (working with Modi), because we are realizing that it's almost impossible to cover all the possible cases with a single kernel version/config. So we are going to give the possibility to switch between kernels from the RuneUI (we already set up the switch function for the Wolfson Audio Card support in the Settings screen).

[Orion]

We can only provide the old kernel available via Kernel Switch feature.
I will integrate it in the next upcoming v0.3-alpha build.

Bye.

[DustySeven]

Thanks for the Reply Orion, as long as we have a way to use the MODI we are good. Cant wait to see what you guys have in store for beta release of .3

[Orion]

[cmh714]

to make the setting stick between reboots edit this file:
/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf