How to setup your HighEnd Audio PC with Music Payer Daemon (MPD) based. Usbaudio@debianmusic:$ uname -a Linux debianmusic 4.9.0-11-rt-amd64 #1. Mar 20, 2014 Preparation. The first column is the ALSA device (major) number. In this case, on my laptop i have the following: device 0 (hw:0) is the inbuilt Intel High Definition Audio chipset. Device 1 (hw:1) is a Behringer BCR2000 MIDI controller device 2 (hw:2) is.
Linux ALSA USB driver for the Mytek Digital Stereo192-DSD DAC
This is the Linux ALSA driver for the Mytek Digital Stereo192-DSD DAC using itsUSB2 interface. It is based on the TerraTec DMX 6Fire USB driver by Torsten Schenk.The driver has been tailored to work with the Mytek. All features of the originaldriver not usable for the Mytek have been removed.
Current features:
- automatic firmware loading (see FIRMWARE and ISSUES)
- playback at 24 and 32-bit, samplerates from 44.1k to 192.0k
- This driver is tested with the Mytek DAC running firmware 1.7.1 and 1.7.5.5
- Do not forget to switch the Mytek to 'USB2' input!
Notes:
![Linux Linux](/uploads/1/2/5/8/125839493/364320079.png)
- DoP (DSD over PCM) works using MPD 0.17 or newer and the latest squeezeliteversions
- No mixer support as Mytek has no mixer controlable via USB
Tested on:
- Various x86 and x86_64 systems running recent versions of Fedora (>= 17)including Fedora based Vortexbox 2.2
- Tested on a ARM based Cubox running Fedora 17 hardfp
- Tested on ARM with Wandboard Dual and Wandboard Quad running Community SqueezeOS
Verify:
- To verify that the driver is loaded and running properly you can check withALSA tool 'aplay'.
Output for 'aplay -l' [Mytek is the second audio interface in this example]:
card 1: USB2 [Mytek Stereo192-DSD USB2], device 0: MytekUSB2 [Mytek USB2]Subdevices: 1/1Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
The driver needs three pieces of firmware to operate, see FIRMWARE for details.See ISSUES for current issues and INSTALL for installation guidelines.
Enjoy!Jurgen Kramer
I am considering to purchase a USB-DAC to improve the audio experience (both music and video) far beyond the laptop soundcard. The Audioquest Dragonfly Red currently appeals most to me, if I follow the reviews. I would like to confirm whether it works with Linux before buying it.Any experience out there?
Remark: I did see this thread viewtopic.php?f=49&t=219108&hilit=Dragonfly here. It's about a Dragonfly 1.2, and the terrible volume control in Linux is pointed out. The Red has a digital in-chip volume control operated from Linux.