Audio card for the new Raspberry Pi 4

Question

I am wondering which audio card is recommended for the new Raspberry Pi 4?

danzima · Answer

Hi there! I would definitely encourage you to post this question to the Raspberry Pi space of the community, which as you can imagine is all about the Pi.

cstanton · Answer

Depending on what country you're in, there's a bunch available at Newark and one available at Farnell and CPC have some others

jeromehess · Answer

I found several big names that DIDNT work, no explanation from the makers,,,,

HOWEVER here are two that I have successfully used lateky:

1) Pimoroni Speaker PHAT: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XRJDP8K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Unfortnately one thing that's not make REALLY clear in many ads, its 1 channel 2watt output and the speaker, while a neat concept, less than great.

(I actually moved it to my retropi game machine)

2) this is the one im using and really am surprised at how much I like it: Adafruit (PID 3346) I2S 3W Stereo Speaker Bonnet for Raspberry Pi - Mini Kit

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MXYBVKZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 one of the best parts is that if youre using more traditional speakers, it actually has some mounting ports you can plug right into. I will say this. I needed to move this several inches away from my RASPI, and tried everything I could. The maker was VERY helpful, but in the end I chalked it up to my poor soldering skills, because even though he fed me exactly what pins needed to be wired where, I could never get it to run on less than the full 40. (I bought a small 40 pin extension cable)

Hope that helps

jamesw2965 · Answer

You can also check out the following places. All these links have loads of information. And I think all will be able to give you a list of boards that work best. https://www.raspberrypi.org/ https://thepihut.com/ https://www.adafruit.com/ Good Luck James