Best "Zero Budget" Transport For DirectStream DAC?

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Don’t screw around . Get a Sony UBP-X1000ES/UBP-X800 or Sony UBP-X1100/UBP-X800M2. Buy the HDMI to I2S Boards from China and be done with it.

It Works ! - Sony UBP-X1000ES HDMI "Audio" output to Chinese I2S Adapter Board to DS Sr. I2S Input

Exact same setup. Don’t even worry about the 5V disabling either. Simply plug in the “BigBoard” into the HDMI “Audio Only” and keep your regular Video HDMI connected to your AVR/TV Set so you can see watch/stream content. From the 6 Pin I2S Out of the big board, wire it to the 6 pins of the I2S in of the “Little Board” and make sure you do the pin swap for the L & R channels. It was super easy and not too much of a “Klugdefest” going on behind the Player. I masked pin 15 and the Sony no likey. G…