OK so the stuff from Ali is all here, as well as the USB 90' and etc. Sadly a behemoth of a project has come up, and I need to do it. Will try and find a few hours next week to get this all nailed down.
OK so finally some time. I set up the sound device, with a DAC just to make sure it works. It does. Hoping to get some more time at the weekend to finish up.
So today I machined what will hopefully be the last pieces. Last night after I posted I drilled and tapped the little table thing for the digital sound thing. I then fitted that properly. Today I made something similar for the filter in the rear. I just didn't want it hovering around in there. That should be all of the machining done. I do have a couple of things left to do, namely painting the edge where it meets the face panel here. The top used to have tangs in that area that push fit into the sides of the front. Problem is it had been mangled and when I repaired it it ended up that the tangs would not go in there. Not even with a plastic hammer so I cut them off, but now you can see that silver metal through the gaps. I will likely just cut some vinyl pieces and stick them down.
OK just a quickie. I decided to cover those parts with vinyl. If I paint it the likelihood is it will scratch off very easily. I ordered the vinyl but it didn't arrive in time (common theme). I also needed a 5m HDMI cable to set it up properly. 3m will reach but will be hanging in the air (never ideal). Problem is every 5m I have ever used has been crap, and either dropped signal or didn't work at all. Decided to splash on this, £35.
Blimey it was heavy. Packed it as well as I could. Got it home last night, and set to work. 5m HDMI cable does not work. Somehow also the internal HDMI cable had worked loose. So after sorting all that.
Still can't get over how clean the front craft-knifed 'thx tag Mclaren' looks - lovely craftsmanship. So... how does it sound? On a related note I blame your audio stack pictures for an impulsive black Friday Gustard r26 DAC purchase.
Well it sounds like you would expect, given the Tag's DAC is doing the work. So very good tbh. May have sounded better with a top end sound card in there, but the only options that would have fitted would be crap ones. So yeah, best leave the Tag to do the work converting the digital audio into analogue.
BTW @Cheapskate The CPU and GPU temp is 111f. Or 41c, max, playing a full 4k rip. I've put a 4k audio skin on Libreelec now and it looks absolutely stunning. Will get some pics of that when I go home, but by god it is gorgeous.
