Sound Quality

[dangermouse69]

Hey Wil,

Great news I have this project working, which is great.

Just wanted to check in on sound quality issues.

Bass seems fine, but on certain tracks the mid to high sound "muffled".

To be fair the turntable is an entry-level Roadstar table from Amazon which cost me £60. I didn't want to lay out too much in case I couldn't get Jackcast working.

However, just wanted to see what your experience with sound quality is so far?

Also, do you have any other plans for the project - really interested to know what you may have planned.

Thanks Dangermouse69

[wil3]

That's awesome! Thanks for the documentation and helping improve the project.

Sound has been OK, I'm using a mono input so on songs that use stereo you are missing that. I'm not in expert in this area so I'm sure there is a lot to improve though.

Plans for the future, most immediately is to get an image built so its easier for others to use. Hacked this together over memorial day weekend and haven't had much time to revisit. Challenge with creating the image is you still need a method to configure the WIFI through the webapp.

I'd also like to move away from sonos completely some day. Basically create the inverse of this, use the RPI to connect to an analog speaker and then controller it using jackcast.

Always open to PRs to add more features, just don't know when I'll have time to revisit this project.

[dangermouse69]

Hi Wil, Would Jackcast work with a device like

Behringer UCA202 U-Control Ultra low-latency 2 In/2 Out USB/Audio Interface

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Behringer UCA202 U-Control Ultra low-latency 2 In/2 Out USB/Audio Interface

Behringer UCA202 U-Control Ultra low-latency 2 In/2 Out USB/Audio Interface |

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Would it pass stereo via WiFi to Sonos? Thoughts? Dangermouse69

On Tuesday, 4 August 2020, 23:25:27 BST, Wil Koch <notifications@github.com> wrote:  

That's awesome! Thanks for the documentation and helping improve the project.

Sound has been OK, I'm using a mono input so on songs that use stereo you are missing that. I'm not in expert in this area so I'm sure there is a lot to improve though.

Plans for the future, most immediately is to get an image built so its easier for others to use. Hacked this together over memorial day weekend and haven't had much time to revisit. Challenge with creating the image is you still need a method to configure the WIFI through the webapp.

I'd also like to move away from sonos completely some day. Basically create the inverse of this, use the RPI to connect to an analog speaker and then controller it using jackcast.

Always open to PRs to add more features, just don't know when I'll have time to revisit this project.

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[dangermouse69]

@wil3

Hi Wil - Just thought I'd let you know I replaced the mono mic input with a Behringer UCA202 U-Control Ultra low-latency 2 In/2 Out USB/Audio Interface and the Jackcast is sending stereo and the audio quality has noticeably improved.

I'm stoked, the Behringer UCA202 U-Control Ultra low-latency 2 In/2 Out USB/Audio Interface requires no drivers and plugged and played.

All the best

dangermouse69

[wil3]

That's awesome! Do you have a link to where you purchased it? I could add it to the README as vetted USB sound cards that work with Jackcast.

[turnavies]

@wil3 FYI I'm currently successfully using a Tecknet UA110 adapter on Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Some minor issues (dropped stream) appear to be related to wifi link. Adapter is working well following Adafruit instructions

Will try with a Hifiberry DAC+ ADC Pro soon.