Using a NUC6CAYH as a Rock endpoint through toslink

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Hello, sorry if this is in the wrong place.

I’ve been having issues with the USB DAC on my Oppo so was thinking about buying a NUC6CAYH and installing Rock on it, with the intention of outputting that into the Oppo 105D optical input from the toslink headphone jack.

Any ideas if that’ll work? I don’t really want to buy it and then find out it doesn’t or isn’t supported for some reason!

Thanks in advance

Nick

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Any reason not to use usb? Just interested to know as I use a rock setup to my Oppo 105 (not D) via usb connection.

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Yes, I have another post on here from recently. The USB DAC keeps dropping out and requires unplugging / restarting and sometimes it starts again and sometimes not. I’ve started using the optical cable with no issues at all but means using my MacBook and plugging it into a hub.

Figured this might be a neat solution, unless I can sort the Oppo somehow…?

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Another cheaper option might be a raspberry pi with a digi hat with optical or coax out, like allo digione

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Potentially, but this is $99usd… when I was looking at those others they were more expensive? I figured that this could also be used as a windows or maybe OS X machine in the future if the needs changed

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If the best possible sound via S/PDIF is the goal, one option to consider is the Pi 2 Design Pi2AES, about which I have heard much positive feedback. This design takes the signal from the RPi I2S interface and, I would assume, is nicer than a NUC’s phones/Toslink out.

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Cheap enough then to try as an option I guess

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