Boss2 User Manual

June 6, 2024
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Features

  • DAC CS43198 (192 kHz/32bit )
  • DAC output is selectable (1.7Vrms or 2Vrms).
  • Sampling Frequency 44.1 kHz to 192 kHz range.
  • Dual Ultra-low Phase noise NDK SDA oscillators are used for master Clock generation. (MCLK)

Hardware Description:

RPI4, Boss2, Oled, Alu box, and remote included.

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Power:

Boss2 supports single and Dual Power adapters.

Single PSU (default)

For single power, the J18 jumper must be closed as below picture. The power required is 5V-3A and should be connected through the back panel DC In connector.

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Dual Power Adapter:
For dual PSU J18 jumper should be open, Power adapter interface should be as below Picture.

Power Adapter rating:

  1. RPI USB type C rating: 5V 3A.
  2. Back panel DC-In Connector: 5V, 250ma (or higher).

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Earthing:
Protective earth wire should be connected bottom of the metal box as below ( to Shanti for example). You can earth the unit by using a Nirvana SMPS with an earth switch on.

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Connection between BOSS2 and Shanti (Dual Power)

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Connection between BOSS2 and Nirvana(Dual Power)

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Connection between BOSS2 and Nirvana(Single Power)

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Software Boss2 Driver and Configuration

Boss2 dac Driver is included on RPI 5.4.77 kernel onwards. In some players (Moodie and more) Boss2 is configurable through GUI.

Manually configuring Boss2-DAC.

Check for allo-boss2-dac dtbo
Goto /boot/overlays/
Check for allo-boss2-dac-audio.dtbo file.
If Present edit the /boot/config.txt file and add/replace dtoverlay
with dtoverlay=allo-boss2-dac-audio

Front panel Display/OLED configuration:

Boss2 player Front Panel Display (OLED) application is based on Python and needs to install on the respective OS. Installation steps refer to below link. http://3.230.113.73:9011/Allocom/Boss2/Boss2_oled_install_steps

Boss2 Player User settings can be set through Front panel buttons or IR Remote Front Panel Buttons: Left, OK/M, Right, Up (+), Down (-)

Buttons:

UP/Down Buttons – Volume Control
LEFT/RIGHT Buttons – MENU navigation
CENTRE or OK Button – By default MUTE/UNMUTE, selection button on MENU

NOTE: In IR separate button for MUTE

MENU:
SYSINFO – system information
HV-EN – High Voltage Enable/Disable – RMS (1.7 or 2.0 Volt) voltage setting.
ON – 2.0 Volt
OFF – 1.7 Volt
FILTER – Filter selection
PHCOMP – phase-compensation Enable/Disable
HP-FIL – High Pass Filter Enable/Disable

DE-EMP – De Emphasis Enable/Disable
NON-OS – NonOversampling Enable/Disable
F-SPEED – Filter Roll-off Interpolation Selection – FAST/SLOW

Default SCREEN
Shows volume level, playing bit rate, sample rate, mute state

Documents / Resources

| BOSS Boss2 [pdf] User Manual
BOSS, Boss2, DAC, CS43198
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