DIGIONE SIGNATURE PLAYER

I am trying to figure this out, too.  There are a few videos on youtube - John Darko, and somewhere among them some info re how to setup the OS for it, the options, etc.  It is hard to get info and it's also hard to buy all you need (if you put it together yourself). Lot of pieces to make sure work, but I have heard ppl here that are using it like it. 

The place where I went tilt is there is the OS - each seems to handle different streaming apps (or Roon + streaming app/service) and then what the DAC will handle as connections. 

So I hope someone answers your queries and will be willing to answer a few more questions...

Best both of you go to the Audioasylum.com PC Audio board. Several Digione users there that can help.

I bought the Digione SignaturePlayer about a year and it's based on the v3 of the pi
hardware. I've been very happy with it. I have it setup as a streamer into my
pre-amp's digital input (via coax). I'll upgrade to a better, separate DAC at a
later stage.

Setup was easy, burn an image to a card and install the card into the slot ( a pair
of needle nose pliers is handy to install/swap the micro SD cards ). Each piece of
software has instructions on how to do setup. Just point a web browser at the pi
and follow the directions. I have mine setup on the LAN and use a DHCP reservation
so I get the same IP all the time.

The pi mounts my local NAS to play back 24/96 files into the system. Don't skimp on
read buffers and you'll be fine. I see to recall one piece of software needing an
samba option specified to mount the NAS. Like version=3.0 for CIFS or something
like that. It was the only real snag in getting the NAS mounted.

I sit on the couch and browse to the pi's website on my tablet.
click click click - easy!

I've tried several pieces of software on the pi over the past year or so. I started
with Moode and was fairly happy with it until I tried Volumio. Volumio is a sexier
interface. Thus far I haven't found the need for the paid version.

I tried Max2Play and could never get the "better" website interface working. The
basic one was too crude and I didn't feel like burning time trying to figure it
out. After all it's a paid beast.

I tried Roon and the pi worked well. Just install Ropiee (something like that) and
give it about 5 mins to initialize. Blammo roon saw it and I was rocking. I found
roon to be too expensive for me. If roon did everything I wanted it to do, I would
have paid. But I was looking for a little more control and it completely sucked when
it came to interfacing with my Sonos speakers. They choked constantly. Not gonna pay
to gain a headache.

I tried Audiovarna (something like that) on my Win10 PC and it found the pi (running
volumio) automatically. It seemed to work well, but ultimately counter productive. I
don't want to sit at my pc to push sound to the pi. I want to sit on the couch and
have the pi pull songs. The PC was mounting the same NAS drive for sound files - so
the extra stop at the PC made no sense.

So currently I've settled on Volumio and I'm working my way thru my library doing
some tag cleanup.

tl;dr the pi is great!



ps. this other thread came up when browsing yours https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/is-the-raspberry-pi-with-allo-digione-the-ideal-spdif-transpo...

I should probably also note that I'm NOT doing MQA or DSD.

I have a Digione Signature Player on a RPi 4 with a gig or ram.

My OS is Mood Audio ( there are many others )

My music is on a NAS drive and I ripped original CD's using Exact Copy to 16/44 Flac files, why 16/44 because  that is what most DAC's expect and then the quality of your DAC can be utilized to upsample

My Dac is a SMSL SU8 using the BNC connection from the Digione

The SMSL SU8 Dac connects to a Crown XLI 1500 via XLR, then out to speakers

This combo is probably the best RPi combination, I have  had others which are also very good But feel this is the best today

From a setup standpoint getting your OS on the micro chip used by the RPI can be interesting if you have never done it, but it is really just a simple process. Here is a good overall video
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Install-Operating-System-on-Raspberry-Pi/

On the RPI once setup you interface it with either a computer or IPad like device. Open a browser and put in the RPi's IP address. 

There are many OS's and all have YouTube videos on how to setup and use it.

Overall it is a great audio streamer, obviously inexpensive and the results will really surprise you and your audio friends

Enjoy the Music