Kategorie: ES-Sabre-Forum

New: Topping D10s (1 x ES9038Q2M) vs. SMSL Sanskrit 10th SK10 MKII (AK4493)

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hi there, 😉

unfortunately nothing new from here building/buying around some new ESSabre (9038Q2M) chips (DIY) but 2 new, interesting DACs “came up the table” lately:

The Topping D10S with 1xES9038Q2M in it, XMOS XU208 + OPA2134  (changeable)->

goes for only 99$ !!  (Amazon,Aliexpress,Ebay,Audiophonics,Shenzhenaudio)..

a very detailed test about it is here (as always “audioscenereview”)->https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/topping-d10s-usb-dac-and-bridge-review.14859/

and/or the SMSL Sanskrit 10th SK10 MKII for a little bit more (110$)  (Amazon) ->

audioscenereview-review is here->https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/smsl-sanskrit-10th-mk-ii-dac-review.12148/

question is which sounds better ? (i will make a new thread about it in the forum (Link) and hopefully someone will/can post his/her experiences with both of them)

as i originally wanted to buy some Topping D50S (2xES9038Q2M, 250$ Amazon) because of the 3 inputs (USB,coaxial,toslink) the Sanskrit would be the better choice..

but as i like these phenomenal, unbelievable, “airy”, “openstage”-sound from the ESSabre-chips sooo much, its the question if these AKM4493 were sounding similar..

more to come… (gather some more information about them (the two) right now) 😉

Singxer/XMOS-audioclass2-driver now at V4.67 -/ firmware-repair on “bricked” XMOS-devices

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so , 😉

many, many thx to our great user “Grigory”  😉 we have now new Singxer/Skysong/XMOS-device-driver at V4.67 ; they are from here ->https://download.shenzhenaudio.com/Singxer/Singxer_USB_Audio_Class2-Driver_v4.67.0.rar

(they are also in the forum ->http://essabre-90xx-rpi.sfb2.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=431 + here -> http://essabre-90xx-rpi.sfb2.com/driver/Singxer_USB_Audio_Class2-Driver_v4.67.0.rar

but most important and what is absolutely more thrilling is that “we/Grigory” un-bricked a xmos-usb-device/Skysong-bridge !!! 😉

“Grigory” posted the steps + (software-) tools in the comment-section of this post -> http://essabre-90xx-rpi.sfb2.com/?p=448#comment-2106

i think the key-point is these github-repository from which u can download/use the python-dfu uploader/downloader which u can also use with other XMOS-devices than Singxer/Skysong; u only have to change the usb-pid-number to the exact pid of your bridge (more in the comments by “Grigory” (and me))..

->https://github.com/respeaker/mic_array_dfu.git  (+https://github.com/respeaker/usb_4_mic_array

(a little excerpt->rest see comments->

git clone https://github.com/respeaker/mic_array_dfu.git
cd mic_array_dfu/src

edit xmosdfu.c file and replace string
#define XMOS_XCORE_AUDIO_AUDIO2_PID 0x3066
to
#define XMOS_XCORE_AUDIO_AUDIO2_PID 0x3086 (for Skysong))

(the Skysong/Singxer firmware (V2.20) (“extract” from my bridge here)->http://essabre-90xx-rpi.sfb2.com/driver/firmware-skysong.rar

UPDATE: “Grigory” made a fine tutorial on github about to flash some winbond-chip with a programmer + full “firmware”-packet ->

https://github.com/h0tc0d3/SkySongFirmware

so, i´m very happy with the whole “procedure” because this was also a point essabre-90xx-rpi.sfb2.com was originally made for !! (to help other user/people with similar problems !!)

by that, “Grigory” !! was so nice, and spent a little amount via paypal (u can also do it via the “donation”-button at the right bottom/widgets) to help this blog to stay alive.. 😉

but many greets, stay tuned and take care !! 😉

SFB2

ESP32 – Bodmer TFT_espi / autoconnect github / Picoreplayer 4.1.0 / Dietpi V6.18

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so, 😉
nothing particular new; “audio”-wise its a little bit on “hold” (had first to buy some +-15V toroidal transformer and so on) but i made a little progress/effort “usability-wise”..
i´m now able to get something in the spiffs-fs (ESP32), read it out 😉 and display it via “drawJpeg” from the famous Bodmer TFT-eSPI-library->Link

(!! sorry for the still absolutely “shitty” layout, but i was only happy to get something on the display at all 😉 !! (will change/edit it then; only some “ideas” (for not doing it in this way 😉 ) for u maybe)
was a little bit difficult because u (i) really need the absolutely newest libraries (jpegdecoder.h for example too) from the bodmer-github-repository (some older example jpgs are unreadable by their own decoder-library and so on..)..
have still some problems/the first third of a decoded jpeg is corrupt, but i can now upload some jpegs in the spiffs, list and display them..(and understood how)
the whole sketch (web-gui for filter-selection, HW-volume control via digi-poti, display jpgs etc..) is here->Link and i maybe make a post in the forum->Link..(could be very interesting for some who also want to understand the ESP32 “better”)..


by that it was all build on top of the absolutely fabulous “Autoconnect-library” by Hieromon -> https://github.com/Hieromon/AutoConnect; absolutely super great webserver/wlan access library->absolutely to recommend !!
Picoreplayer is now at V4.1.0 (24.Nov 2018)->https://www.picoreplayer.org/main_downloads.shtml(Pi-Kernel-bump to 4.14.81, squeezelite-update, support for Rpi 3B+ and so on->Link
Dietpi is now also at V6.18 (26/11/18)(some bugfixes+improvements)->https://github.com/Fourdee/DietPi/blob/master/CHANGELOG.txt
that was it for now, more to come, stay tuned, greets 😉

ES-SABRE FORUM (Update) + HC-06 BT Rename + Dietpi 6.4 (+ES9028Q2M)

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so, 😉
sorry, i´ve just seen that it was impossible for unregistered user/guests to see any content in the forum->forget to uncheck “Force Guests to register/login to access the full content“(it was, as i hardly remember, because of the f***** spam-attacks); its solved now..->FORUM
second i´ve made a new post how to change the “identifier/baudrate/pin” of a HC-06-BT-module->http://essabre-90xx-rpi.sfb2.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=34
third i´ve updated to “DietPi 6.4“->http://dietpi.com/ and it plays here soo very well with my “ES9028Q2M”->absolute wonderful..(just connected 2 DIP-buttons via a breadboard to the 8 pin HW-control on it..); soo nice..(i will also try in future to solve/control it via some BT/Arduino-control)
fourth i´ve installed/set up a “search“-widget in the upper right..thought it was already there but wasn´t 😉


New feature: ES-Sabre Forum (absolutely BETA !!)

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hi there, 😉
came by chance about this “Forum-Idea”; its absolutely Beta and looks horrible (just a test if it will be accepted)..
One advantage is that u dont have to be registered; but you can also post/open a thread..
lets see if it will work out..

(Categories are (for now): ES9038Q2M, ES9028Q2M, ES9018K2M, Hifi-Dacs, STM32F103C8T6, RPI 3B, Drivers, etc..)(more maybe to come))

(http://essabre-90xx-rpi.sfb2.com/forum/) (theres also a link in the header)