[GRADE B] AUDIOPHONICS Kit Aluminium case and accessories for EVO-SABRE DAC Black

Housing for RaspDAC EVO

Here is the dedicated casing designed to house the Audiophonics RaspDAC EVO DAC card. The latter is machined from 100% aluminum, a light, robust material that blocks any interference that may affect the audio. 

The housing is pre-drilled (spacers and connectors). Its assembly comes down to fixing the various panels using the supplied screws and installing the various cards and screens from the DAC.


The only tools required to mount this item are the following :

• Hex screwdriver 1.5 mm
• Hex screwdriver 2.0 mm
• Hex screwdriver 2.5 mm
• Phillips screwdriver P2

Panels

The front panel is drilled to accommodate the screen PCB / controller / encoder delivered with the EVO module. It is also pierced to receive an optional screen intended to interface with the Raspberry Pi when the EVO module is operating in network drive mode.

From left to right, the connector panel (rear) has a balanced XLR output as well as an unbalanced RCA output. Then the DAC digital inputs with coaxial connector, optical connector, USB-B input and bluetooth antenna.

The connector panel is also equipped with a Jack DC input dedicated to the power supply.

Finally, the RPI 4 connectors featuring RJ45, USB-3, USB-2, HDMI video output as well as connector for SD card dedicated to the operating system.

EVO accessories

In addition to the panels, screws and spacers, this box kit includes all the accessories to mount a real autonomous audio device from an EVO-SABRE DAC module such as a compatible bluetooth antenna.

Every parts necessary to optimize the SABRE EVO DAC network drive mode are also included : a micro-HDMI to HDMI  panel-mount to access the Raspberry Pi's video connector and a micro-SD panel-mount to quickly access the network streamer operating system.