Double review: Raspberry Pi based Allo DigiOne Transport and Allo Boss DAC

[ALLO]

Andre, Welcome.

Perhaps send a forum member or 2 a Kali to review?

Hi Gavinbriss,

well thats not a bad idea at all!
you reckon there are audiophiles here interested in our KALI re-clocker?
what about the USBridge?

I hope admin is OK with this.

[Wietsche]

Hi to all !
I guess I'll make this my intro post.

My name is Andre, I live in France and I work @ ALLO.
I decided to join the forum to congratulate Weitsche for the review and make myself available in case any of you had any questions about our hardware.

I will also contact admin to see how we can become a sponsor.

Regards
Andre

A very warm welcome Andre!

Was a pleasure to do the review! Thanks for getting involved here on our forum. To be honest, I was kind of expecting to see you around soon, as Allo's community engagement on other forums are fantastic and consistently so. Well done!

Hope you enjoy our lively South-African community!

Cheers,
W

[Scubadude]

Hi Wietsche,

Your very detailed and well-written report knocked a good hour off a long-haul flight between Shanghai and Dubai!  Thanks for the opportunity to audition these little wonders ... and thanks also for kindly omitting my misidentification of the hardware involved.

I must say if I knew about these or Odroid I would not have invested in a media server laptop.  These small, noiseless and powerful critters do the same and more for less money and desktop space.  If I knew I would have gone another way.

[gavinbirss]

Hi Gavinbriss,

well thats not a bad idea at all!
you reckon there are audiophiles here interested in our KALI re-clocker?
what about the USBridge?

I hope admin is OK with this.

Andre
I reckon a thorough review by a forum member is just what is needed to spice up interest.

Not to appear selfish I would not mind to volunteer and apologies for steering original posters topic.
 

[ALLO]

Wietsche's review will open the door to others that can follow here!
I am sure he will not mind.

OK fine! we can make that happen.
In the past i've even seen members of other forums pass the review unit around so that more than one got a try before they made up their minds.

KALI is the board that made a name for us when we started.
initially we offered it with 22/24 Khz oscillators, but now we only sell the 44/48 Khz version.
we only use ultra low noise NDK oscillators.
its a board that made and continue making many audiophiles happy.
some complete solution builders have even incorporated the KALI in their design.
to be used only with SLAVE DACs, but I am sure you guys know that 

So i will discuss with PI-SHOP.co.za as they have the stock.

[dekardy]

initially we offered it with 22/24 Khz oscillators, but now we only sell the 44/48 Khz version.

How do we know the difference or did SA only get the latter?

[Contrabass]

Thanks for a very comprehensive and useful review. I was so interested that I emailed the pishop.co.za about the Boss Kit and got an automated reply but no actual response to my enquiry 

[ALLO]

How do we know the difference or did SA only get the latter?

we stopped 22/24 a long time ago.
no more stock exists anywhere.

all we ship for over 6 months is 44/48

[ALLO]

Thanks for a very comprehensive and useful review. I was so interested that I emailed the pishop.co.za about the Boss Kit and got an automated reply but no actual response to my enquiry 

OK ... well I am here to help.

if any of you want to place any orders and have issues getting through to PIshop, let me know here and I will bring it to their attention.

thanks
Andre

[gavinbirss]

Andre,

Please see my Forum PM

[Contrabass]

Hi Andre

I have sent you a PM 

[ALLO]

Hi guys.
UPDATE

1> PIshop.ca.za will ship out a KALI board to Gavinbriss for testing... i asked him to make the unit available for others that would like to test. The KALI is in stock in ZA
2> By this week, we will send a new wholesale order to our ZA distri so BOSS/Digiokne players and USBridges will also be in stock in ZA; thanks for your patience.
3> Available in Jan: high end aluminum cases for the players... will share pics.

regards

[gavinbirss]

Andre,

Thanks!
 

Who is 2nd in line to test the Kali?

[Contrabass]

Andre needs to post some pics and PM'ed me. There used to be a link to the How To but i cannot find it...
Can someone please assist, thanks.

[Wietsche]

Andre,

Thanks!
 

Who is 2nd in line to test the Kali?

Hi,

Mars64 agreed to borrow me his Piano and Kali combo in the new year for a comparison with the Boss and DigiOne. Looking forward to that and will report back.

I would love to have a look at the USBridge as well to have a complete view of the Allo DAC/source lineup.

So happy with the response over here after doing the review! Exciting stuff!

Cheers,
W


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