I got the HDMI extractor today and I can confirm that it is capable of outputting a 2.28 MHz DSD signal to my D70 DAC over I2S. The D70 requires you to set the IIS Phase to REV which I think is the PS Audio standard. When you are sending DSD over the HDMI cable it doesn't have any audio output on the Coax or Optical connections. But if you switch the settings for the player so that it isn't forced to output DSD then the extractor will play 176.4 Khz PCM (?) over I2S, Optical and Coax. All of this is with the switch set to "amp". I didn't try the other two settings. Pretty cool for $60.
I've only had it running for a little while but it seems to work well and sound quality is good. At some point I will have to spend some time comparing the sound from the players RCA outputs to sending DSD to the DAC but my assumption is the DAC will be better but that remains to be tested.
Need some information about DSD over HDMI
I'm not sure whether this is a really dumb or really complicated question, but I'm hoping there's an answer. I have a Cambridge Audio CXU universal player which I really like, but which doesn't support I2S. Instead, it outputs DSD directly over HDMI, but very few DACS accept this protocol. In fact, the only one I know of is Bryston's highly respected BDA3. My current DAC is an AMR DP-777 which I also really like but it's old enough that neither of these protocols are supported. My SACDs end up being internally converted to PCM by the CXU player, and output over analog connections, so the external DAC is bypassed entirely. Okay, pretty standard stuff so far, I think. However, I have lately been very tempted to try out one of the newer R2R ladder DACs from Audio-gd or Denafrips, which DO support I2S. So my question is: does any kind of adapter exist that can convert the DSD data on my SACDs to I2S format so that one of the aforementioned DACs can accept it? Thanks for helping me out with this.
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currently running a media centre pc with a linux based kodi operating system, (libreelec) i dont think kodi does dsd but i could be wrong? i would be happy to dual boot snakeoil and kodi on that machine if snakeoil does dsd over hdmi? if not i could probably put windows on there. i am also wondering if intel integrated graphics hdmi can do this or if any of a number of nvidia and raeon graphics cards that i have could do it, |
currently running a media centre pc with a linux based kodi operating system, (libreelec) i dont think kodi does dsd but i could be wrong? i would be happy to dual boot snakeoil and kodi on that machine if snakeoil does dsd over hdmi? if not i could probably put windows on there. i am also wondering if intel integrated graphics hdmi can do this or if any of a number of nvidia and raeon graphics cards that i have could do it, aces etm hr access |
@schulist Right now, I am paying attention to a multichannel DSD torn record (on my NAS) played by JRiver to the Oppo 103 through LAN. The Oppo, thus, is associated with the Marantz by HDMI and all Marantz capacities are pertinent. Set it on Direct and the DSD goes through to the DACs or mood killer Direct and get Audyssey or other DSP. Much thanks for setting aside the effort to figure this out. I should concede I have little involvement with sending yield over the LAN. Any direction on that would be incredible. My provisional arrangement is to explore different avenues regarding conveying the messages over HDMI to get moving. I don't know yet it additionally appears to be feasible to convey the messages over USB notwithstanding the LAN. I read someplace that I want to utilize the second HDMI out on the Oppo to do this. Is that right? The unit shows up Tuesday. I will be running
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