Recent content by Peter_P

Hi Bob, just wondering if you have any information on the performance of Pi 2 Designs Merc Mini? And have you observed improved performance from the streamer (sans-DAC) using a LPS or battery in place of the stock supply? Apologies if this is off-topic

Ideally two different settings for sure. I think people will get frustrated if they are merged. They are both important. Also I think the brightness settings would ideally have it’s own dedicated button on the remote. Could be a single button that cycles through brightness levels. Would not be...

If it were up to me, I’d go 2 seconds full brightness (or user set brightness) then one second fade to black. That would be pro. Any chance of the auto off feature being applied to the ZD3 vis firmware update? Can the firmware be updated?

But why? What does 10 seconds achieve? Stop and count to 10 seconds… it’s quite a long time. I just can’t see the point. The display on the ZD3 is hellishly bright and cold in a dark room. Presumably when you’re changing volume or input you’re looking at the display, you see the information you...

I think 10 seconds is way too long. 3 or 4 is plenty IMO. I wish the ZD3 did this too! I must press the display off button about 30 times a day 😵‍💫

Picked up the Fiio PL50 on sale last weekend to find out what the ZD3 was capable of with a better power supply. Prior to hooking it up I had been reading posts on the ASR forum stating categorically that linear power supplies make no difference so my expectations were low to non-existent...

Any ball-parks on a time frame and cost (or general updates) for the PSU20 Fosi Audio?

The Fiio PL50. Personally I don't think the LCD display is necessary and it falls short in only having the one output and two voltage options but other than that it's a nice looking unit. Rear connection is GX16. https://www.fiio.com/pl50

Thanks very much for all of that, good to know (y) The Fosi gear is actually in my second system and all I was initially looking for was a moderately good sound and basic functionality, but it has well exceeded my expectations so yes very tempting to take it further. I have owned some very...

Well it seems I spoke too soon! The ZD3 has really opened up. Much improved! I realise now this actually mirrors my experience with the ZA3. These Fosi products need a bit of running. Something like 50 hours and they seem to come on song…

ZD3 has been in the system for a couple of days and has had plenty of running but sadly I'm having a hard time getting along with it. Compared to the Allo DAC it replaced, it's tight, bright and shut in. Bit of head scratcher as the general consensus seems to be the ZD3 is slightly smooth /...

Gotta say... this V3 Mono heat thing feels like a potential brand-damaging issue that should probably be addressed immediately. Some photos below of how heat dissipation has been implemented on my Heed Obelisk. Ventilation right up through the middle of the amp for internal cooling. Very clever...

Sounds good! I would be more than happy to test a pre-production unit. I think the decisions you are making now are important and time should be taken to get this right. I think you have an opportunity here to make a versatile product that could have a very broad appeal, great sales potential...

The Allo Shanti was $159USD but that had two 5V supplies only, and for a very specific purpose. It seems you have quite specific use cases scenarios in mind for the PSU20 too but I suspect there could be a market beyond Fosi users for a quality Swiss Army Knife dual LPS. Simple, versatile, with...

There must be a lot of work involved in designing and maintaining a proprietary OS and app. Did you think about making a Raspberry Pi based streamer that can run existing OSs for the Pi such as Moode, Volumio etc? Pi2 Design are about to release a Merc-Mini (pure digital transport, no DAC) you...