“The Sound Quality is remarkably good… Soundwise, the Primo is a winner in its class.
… The Primo offers very good Sound Quality and Build Quality for the Money.”
Hans Beekhuyzen, The Hans Beekhuyzen Project
Engineered for Audio Quality
1. Voltage Isolator 2. 2x Low Noise Voltage Regulators 3. Low Dropout Voltage Regulator 4. ESS90x8Q2M DAC
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5. High Precision Clock Oscillator 6. DAC Microcontroller 7. 26B RAM 8. Dedicated USB BUS |
Versatile Output Options
Play all sorts of digital material
As Volumio, Primo is a universal player: from mp3s to Hi-Resolution flacs, Internet Radios, DSD files and of course Hi-Res Music Streaming services like TIDAL and Qobuz.
If that wasn’t enough, Volumio’s plugins store offer a variety of other third party integrations like Spotify, YouTube, TuneIn Radio and much more
Primo's networking capabilities are to the task: Gigabit Ethernet for ultra-fast transfer speed and an external Wi-Fi antenna for optimal signal.
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A Powerful SoC
The core of Primo is the ASUS Tinkerboard S which is simply the best integrated computer available. Thanks to its fast CPU, dedicated USB path and integrated memory it offers unmatched performances.
Technical Specifications
Analog output | ES9028Q2M DAC via I2S, PCM 24 bits 192kHz , DSD128 via DoP |
SPDIF output | PCM 24 bits 192kHz |
USB output | 4X USB 2.0 , PCM 32 bits 768kHz |
CPU | Quad core 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A17 with passive heatsink |
RAM | 2GB |
Internal Memory | 16GB Emmc |
Video Output | HDMI, up to 4K resolution |
LAN | Gigabit |
Wireless Networking | 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi & Bluetooth 4.0 + EDR with External Antenna |