tony22 said The guys on computeraudiophile.com have mentioned this thing called Hydra-Z. Not sure if it meets your desired use case, but it looks interesting. DSD 2x over I2S. I'm curious.Yes, Hydra-Z is compatible (or atleast there are internal dip switch where you can reconfigure the i2s) with DS but it does cost a lot more and you would also want to get there extra power supply (unless you are not a typical audiophile ) which would probably take the price closer to an offramp. Given what a DDC does, its hard to believe that they cost so much more. I haven't decided yet and am looking at other cheap alternatives at the same time.
Well done, Dev!
‘The guy over at the CA forum’ is quite possibly me
Frode (aka Distinctive) and owner of an Audiobyte Hydra-Z…
@schuerholzklump238, what can you tell us about it? Or did I miss where you did?
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Dev saidLooks like Gustard folks are really incompatible with the DS. Pin 1/3 and 7/9 are reversed. Also Pin 10/13 are MCLK (+/-) on the Gustard and NOT USED in PS. I am assuming 10/13 can be ignored on the DS ?
So if I am able to cook up a hdmi cable with inverted pin for 1/3 and 7/9 on one end, should that work theoretically ?
– Dev
Reviving this thread - How did you manage to modify your hdmi cable. I’ve tried a few times but am unable to get a working cable. I’m trying out the Gustard U12 too.
I know that Ted is working on a LVDS polarity switch (auto detection) for I2s. Hopefully this will be part of Torreys.
I am not sure if this will remedy your case, though.
Ted will probably chime in on this one.
I’m not positive it will make it into Torreys, but it works in my test cases. The DS just terminates the MCLK but doesn’t care about what’s available there so that’s no problem.
Thanks Ted - I’d be happy to test out:) When you say the DS terminates the master clock, does that mean I can cut that pin?
You don’t need to cut the MCLK pins. A regular HDMI cable should work fine whether or not the source provides MCLK.
Thanks!