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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!
We now stock the DAC8X Backplate, allowing you to fit this HAT into the HiFiBerry Universal Steel Case for Raspberry Pi 5.
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 |