HiFiBerry DAC8X
The HiFiBerry DAC8x is a high-resolution digital-to-analog converter for the Raspberry Pi 5. This is a special sound card for the Raspberry Pi, optimised for one specific use case: affordable high-quality audio playback.
One of the major restrictions of the Raspberry Pi since the beginning has been the limitation of 2 audio channels. While this is fine for most applications, there are use cases where you would like to use more than 2 output channels, such as home theatre or spatial audio. There are lots of other applications too: playing 4 independent stereo streams on the same Pi or even creating software-based crossovers for 4-way speakers.
The HiFiBerry DAC8x offers 8 channels of high-quality audio output up to 192kHz sample rate for your Raspberry Pi.
The driver development for the DAC8x took us longer than expected as the Raspberry Pi 5 audio subsystem is still very new. We want to thank especially Phil Elwell from Raspberry Pi who helped with the necessary patches.
Now, here it is: The DAC8x. We’re interested to learn what you will do with it!
Features
- 8-channel sound output
- Four dedicated 192kHz/24bit high-quality Burr-Brown DACs
- Connects directly to the Raspberry Pi, no additional cables needed
- No soldering – comes as a pre-fabricated kit
- Compatible with Raspberry Pi 5 ONLY
- Directly powered from the Raspberry Pi, no additional power supply
- Two ultra-low-noise linear voltage regulators for optimal audio performance
- HAT compliant, EEPROM for automatic configuration
- Comes with all components required to mount it.
- We include 4 M2.5x12mm spacers to fix the board onto the Raspberry Pi
Specifications
| Maximum output voltage | 2.1Vrms | |
| DAC signal-to-noise ratio | 112db | typical |
| DAC THD+N | -93db | typical |
| Frequency response | 10Hz-70kHz | -3dB |
| Power consumption | <0.3W | |
| Sample rates | 44.1-192kHz |
Resources
- DAC8x Datasheet
- Updating the Linux kernel
- 3D Step model
- Config.txt configuration: dtoverlay=hifiberry-dac8x
Package Contents
- 1x HiFiBerry DAC8x board
- 1x Mounting fixing pack
