A solution for DSD output to the Directstream DAC (mines the Jr.) using I2S and SACD blu-ray player

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This French product is a HDMI extractor to I2S / COAX / OPTICS and allows playback of my SACD at DSD64. It cost ~$105 including shipping (chose UPS and arrived from France in 3 days). The product description states, “The I2S LVDS via HDMI connectivity of this device uses the PSAudio format.” For some reason the first disc I played was still PCM, but on subsequent plays the DSD Jr showed DSD output. Now all SACDs are DSD output.

I’m dipping my toe into the DSD/SACD world by using the Sony UDP-x800/m blu-ray player. I’m using it strictly as a CD/SACD/DVD-A transport, so it’s a little cumbersome having to connect it to my TV for setup. Also, with no menu screen it is a complete blackbox (crapshoot) especially playing DVD-A or Blu-ray audio that are menu dependent (use other player to determine selection sequence).

Here is the link:

Link: Audio extractor HDMI / MHL to I2S / Coaxial / Optical 4K 60Hz - Audiophonics

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That is the cheap Chinese version. Go to eBay and save some change if you are in US.

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That would be great, but I wasn’t sure the I2s out was specifically set up for PS Audio. Lots of YouTube vids show all of these soldering-type mods that would be needed. Either way good for us PS Audio dabblers!

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Aloha - I get DSD from my set up using a similar box with reversed channels, but does this product address the polarity issue internally? (output to the I2S Audio Left is Left channel and Right is Right channel)?

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Have a look here:

Joe’s thread

There seams to be a difference between older and newer boxes. I bought the “Chinese box” later than Joe and never had the reverse channel problem.

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Nice find with that HDMI to I2S extractor! Weird it took a couple tries to get DSD output, but at least it’s working now. The Sony UDP-x800/m as a transport makes sense, but yeah, that TV connection is a bit of a pain

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If you’ll only use the player as a transport for CD and SACD then you could connect a small and cheap monitor: