Orchard Audio Updates The PecanPi Product Line with S/PDIF Input

Good news from New Jersey. Orchard Audio has updated one of its original and best-selling products, announcing the release of PecanPi DAC, Streamer, and Streamer Ultra Rev 3.0. The major update for rev 3.0 devices is the addition of a S/PDIF (coax) input, which allows the DAC to be used standalone. The rev 3.0 devices also use lower noise linear regulators and give users the option to have RCA outputs built-in. The Orchard Audio website is being updated to reflect the new models, shipping from March 2022.

Raspberry Pi has relaunched four IQaudio HATs as official Pi audio add-on boards with lower prices ranging from $20 to $30: the IQaudio DAC+, DAC Pro, DigiAMP+ and Codec Zero. In December 2020, Raspberry Pi Trading announced it had acquired IQAudio and would be relaunching their Raspberry Pi audio HATs at lower prices. Now, IQAudio’s four most popular HATs have been relaunched as official Pi accessories and are available via the usual Pi resellers.