This my “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner” solution :
Ordered this from China, and with a high current 5VDC Power Supply I had laying in box, sweeter audio quality was easily audible. Separating the CLK/Data signals is definitely the best way to listen to Digital Audio. Temporarily had to remove the S/PDIF (RCA) cable because the I2S PCB has a direct male to male HDMI adapter connecting it to the Sony Universal Player. An Optical cable is connected temporarily until I does some careful RCA 75Ω 90° Plumbing to get around the I2S PCB. The Dual HDMI o…
And from the PSA forums from last year (where I found the solution) :
The answer was on the big board when you flipped it over it was right there.[image]
As a reminder the de-emphasis flag problem on this board when playing PCM is easily taken care of by using the tip of a very small precision screwdriver to gingerly scrape the R47 resistor off the board ( no need for a soldering iron)[image] [image]
It’s an investment of more than $400 including the Sony “Transport” and the Chinese made HDMI Video to I2S adapter boards and a little bit of soldering.