I've read this thread a lot more carefully and it seems that this is the board to get however (from a seller called audiobah), not the black one:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Amplifier-boa ... 25903efbdaI am currently working on a project and most of it has been more oriented around the technology side of things moreso than the audio side (with the exception of the IQaudiO PI-DAC for audio duties), you can see more details on this post:
my-project-and-a-couple-small-questions-t472.htmlIt's going to be an integrated project, still figuring out what to do for the case. But I did toy with an idea of having some kind of amplifier integrated also (after seeing the adafruit 2x20w amplifier board), so I could take the unit somewhere else in the house and connect up some speakers, as a portable option. After seeing this thread I'm sold on doing that now except with this TPA3116 board, and readjusting my initial project to make all this possible in one unit.
The thing is my music hardware knowledge is a bit rusty and in some areas non existent - will I also need a preamp board to integrate with the amplifier? And will this provide a volume knob (and maybe bass and treble for adjustment) or is this all not possible or unnecessary? I would definitely like a decent linear volume control (although these Alps pots seem overpriced!) and if it's possible without designing whole new hoards of circuitry some treble and bass adjustment although this isn't a necessity.
If this is all possible, this integrated amp is going to be a secondary function and switchable because the primary output is simply going to go from the IQaudiO straight into my Nad 302 which is powering some Mission 760i's. Yep I know it's old kit but I've had this combo 20 years and it's outlived the other hi-fi separates I also had. I'll aim to integrate this amp, and have the input switchable so I can disconnect the unit from my Nad, take it elsewhere in the house, flick a switch to operate the amp and take over the output, wire some speakers upto my finished unit, fire the unit up and play.
Hardware: Raspberry PI Model B + IQaudiO PI-DAC + D-Link DUB-H7 + TP-Link TL-WN722N & 5dBI Antenna
Software: runeaudio v0.3 alpha