HiFiBerry High-End DAC2 HD

Attached this to my Raspberry Pi 4 for streaming MP3, FLAC and DSD music. Upgraded from the DAC+ADC Pro. Did not hear any dramatic difference in the music or tonal quality. I did have to overcome the loud pop and clicks and found I needed to change a few audio settings in Libreelec Kodi. The DAC+ADC did not have these issues.

Sounds good mounted on a Raspberry Pi 4. More expensive than other pi dacs. If you're like me and put things into service for years it may be worth it.

I got a HiFiBerry DAC2 HD, a HiFiBerry DAC2 Pro, and two HiFiBerry DSP Add-On Modules. Installed them in two Steel Cases for HiFiBerry DAC+ RCA, Pi 4 - White. The Pro sounds fine, but the HD sounds terrible. Highs are staticy, like a radio station a little out of tune. Same setup but with bluetooth to the amp directly sounds much better, so it's definitely the HiFiBerry DAC2 HD. Tweaked everything I could, but there is just no improving this thing. Should have returned it when I saw the open package, and definitely before the return window closed. Burned $125. Will be removing this thing and just using the 3.5mm out. Can only be an improvement. Thanks, Amazon, for yet again selling me someone else's return as a new product.

100% improvement from a cheaper competitor.

The economy is driving the cost of these boards up but you're lucky to get them so you pay what the going rate is. This board shipped/delivered exactly as described. Be aware that this does not come with any documentation and no fasterners/screws or stand-offs. That would be the one disappointing thing.

I purchased my DAC 2 HD card direct from HiFiBerry in Switzerland and have it set up using a Raspberry Pi 3B in my main system. I compared this DAC directly against my $700 Schiit Bifrost 2 -- synced, level-matched and spent a couple of hours switching back and forth between the two using a wide variety of material -- classical, jazz, folk, rock and so on. I was never able to tell the difference between the two. I ended up selling the Bifrost.

I have a full LeDe environment and wanted something I could play FLAC files on with minimal effort. The output is really well done. This improved the slam and brightness of the stock audio of the rPi4 imensely. I can feel my cannons again (*1812 overture) through my BA T1000 setup and it's beautiful. If you are a mild audiophile and looking for a major bump in audio quality from the stock Pi, this definitely the one to pick up.