Allo USBridge board

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I also use the AC-56U wireless adapter on my USBridge, it has been pretty much rock solid up until this week when I ran the update to the latest DietPi. I have also had the same issue as you twice since the update, my Router ASUS RT-AC88U can see the the USBridge and appears to be connected properly but Roon cannot see the USBridge as a networked device in the audio settings.

My USBridge is left on 24/7 and I have seen this happen before, it’s usually been after a re-boot and I have got over the issue by pulling the AC-56U out of the USB socket and plugging it back in. We had a power cut during the night when it last happened and I had to re-boot.

I’ll keep an eye on this, if it happens again I think we will have to get @Dan_Knight to look into it.

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It happens to mine everyday I get home from work I have to reboot it manually. I’m going to try to just run Dietpi non GUI version and see if that works next.

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No problem with mine this evening.

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In my USBBridge, I only want to use Signalyst’s NAA so I disabled from Allo GUI the other audio software (RoonBridge, Airplay, etc.), but after an update they seem to be enabled again, so I disabled them from systemctl disable command. I have also unistalled them, but after every DietPi update they are again installed and enabled.

Is there a way to make them permanently disabled, even between DiretPi updates?

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Install the stock Sparky version from DietPi website… this has no web GUI code.

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With the Allo version of DietPi I can play native DSD128 on my DAC. Will I play native DSD128 with “original” DietPi version?

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May depend if there was a special patch made by Allo… which DAC?

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Rotel RC-1590 integrated DAC. It uses an AK449x (AK4490 or AK4495, I am not sure right now).

I used DietPi with Raspberry Pi3 and I only could play DoP. I didn’t expect see DSD on RC-1590 display.

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I don’t know about that DAC… I would be guessing if I said it should work fine…

Maybe better you keep things the way they are if it’s working.

At least your current inconvenience doesn’t involve re-opening the unit each time to flash the internal eMMC card.

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I thought the same. The only thing I have not to do is frequently update DietPi, as far as it isn’t necessary.

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Dan Knight himself has said if things are working fine for people, there’s no urgent need to update…

Even though I knew this, I could never help updating all the time and often watched things break :grin:

I’ve had enough practise now that I can now open the unit and re-flash the eMMC card as quick as a Formula 1 mechanic changing a tyre…

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You might also try ropieee.org if you only need Roon Bridge this is possibly better updated for dsd, especially if you are running rpi and not Sparky

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In the USBBridge I don’t use Roon Bridge but NAA (Signalyst’s networkaudiod). Does Ropieee run on Sparky platform? It didn’t use to run.

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Best for NAA is Jussi’s recommended/tested UpBoard Gateway. Load his NAA image as bootable USB flash drive. No ssh required and you get the best NAA experience always.

Very low power consumption too.

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Sorry you mentioned RPI above with a DAC

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I have the UP gateway in my mind too as a second USB transport. I guess I will try it in a few weeks too. I wonder if I will get native DSD from the Jussi’s NAA image.

DoP works fine, but the akward pops when the DAC goes from PCM to DoP and viceversa drive me crazy.

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It’s fine @wizardofoz, there is no problem. You have read the post when I answered to @dabassgoesboomboom, that I used DietPi on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ a few months ago and I only could play DoP.

Thanks for answering.

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same happens to me. After a while (days?) Roon can no longer see the Bridge. Usually a quick reboot of the Bridge resolves the issue, but its quite annoying especially for any non tech user of the system.

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Can is use the USBRIDGE as NAA and Roon Endpoint at the same time?

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Hello everyone,
recently I bought into the Roon ecosystem and enjoying it😁. In the living room, I have separate vinyl and digital paths till the main amp. And then the headphone amp (Cayin HA-1A MK2) is connected to the tape out of main amp (unison triode 25). I find it a bit wastage of power as I need to switch on both tube amps to listen to headphones. Hence it would be economical to build a separate path for headphone only for digital music. For vinyl listening I never use the headphones.

I am considering trying out the allo stuff for my headphone stream. What would be the best way to configure a Roon Endpoint using allo gears?

Cheers