And please don't get me started on the Yamaha WXAD-10. Described as, "exceptional sounding", "audiophile grade", good to great reviews. Relative to the Hakai it sounds like a mediocre transistor radio. One Joni Mitchell track later it was doomed!

The comparison of the Hakai with what's available in the marketplace is staggering in a few ways: 1. The Hakai is a fabulous sounding source (equivalent to or better than my Rega Planar 9). It's the first digital source I have found to be true HiFi. 2. The HiFi magazines regularly give five stars to...

Just use this guide to adjust the Windows Firewall and you'll be able to see the Hakai in Explorer as shown in the attached image files. https://askubuntu.com/questions/236746/how-to-turn-on-network-discovery-and-share-between-computers-with-samba I can drill down to any drive on the Hakai and play ...

HiFi Cast on Anrdroid drives Volumio with ease. Any issues, clear the queue. Playlist generation is easy and whole albums play with minimal issues.

Listening to Joni Mitchell, Blue high definition, Volumio plays every track end-to-end flawlessly. Will check the metadata on the album tomorrow but I suspect it's tagged as a compilation. If so, I will test with more album. Then if that is the reason it plays every song I'll run a batch file to cha...

I agree and will create an issue or preferably a Hakai thread in the Volumio help section, the more Hakai converts who post there the better the chances of Volumio taking it seriously.

First listen tonight after building the Hakai based on a new Gigabyte GA-N3150N-D3V. My first impression is of being blown away by how good it sounds. Every song I play just sounds incredible. The Hakai is definitely a rival to my Rega Planar 9, it's that good! A huge thank you to Fredrik, I never t...

I just registered with Volumio and raised this topic (https://volumio.org/forum/volumio-hakai-t10675.html)as follows: Hi, This is my first post on here, I have already flashed Volumio onto an SSD for use on the Hakai project. Hakai is a high end music streamer designed by Lejonklou (the details are ...

I’m using a Raspberry pi with Volumio and the esi HD+. Same issue when using the web-interface, stops playing after one song. When using “Lumin” as controlpoint no problems at all, just ad the album and it keeps playing. Kazoo only play Flacks and not Alac on my rpi, NAS is a QNAP running MinimServ...

Hope you're wrong Lego but I get your fears. The Volumio guys must expect USB DACs in Linux judging by the devices on their website. I am still curious about the ESI Linux drivers.

I also wonder if installing the ESI Linux drivers (https://kb.esi-audio.com/?goto=KB00231EN) would help. Has anyone tried this?

I'm rather hoping it's less flaky when being used with a Hakai based on a Gigabyte GA-N3150N-D3V mobo. It would be great to know what to expect from my build later this week.

In general I still prefer my Rega Planar 9 to any other source but I love that the gap between analogue and digital sources is narrowing. The Pono player outperformed my Ikemi. My Hakai should be in place by next week and I expect it to be my best digital source.

Many thanks to David for both the listening tests and introducing me to great new music. I was part of the crowdfunding for the Neil Young Pono player and a very valuable side benefit of that forum was the new music I discovered. I'm like a kid in a candy shop for new music!

Maybe having worked as a head of actuarial statistics and head of risk I'm more inclined than Matt to be risk averse or consider sample size to be important. I'm not naive either, one large company I worked for regularly discontinued products without admitting that to our distributors - that's commo...

Matt,

If you accept that there is any doubt at all over the availability of the recommended DAC, would you agree that it would be wise for any potential Hakai builder to buy one quickly?

I think it's worth mentioning that a number of DAC vendors have said that the ESI Gigaport HD+ is either being or is already discontinued. I phoned with the manufacturer today. This is not true. Matt Matt, I'm a little confused by your comment. If one music store had told me that the product would ...

I think it's worth mentioning that a number of DAC vendors have said that the ESI Gigaport HD+ is either being or is already discontinued - it's still widely available, for now.

FPM is absolutely fine and many thanks for the rapid response!

This is my first post on here, I will start by first thanking Fredrik for his inspirational work! Having bought all of the initial components but awaiting delivery of the motherboard, I loaded Volumio onto a laptop with impressive results. On receipt of the GIGAPORT HD+ this pm, I am getting an erro...