Hi
i have a sony ubp-x1000es. will i get dsd out on spdif on this box ?
i am going to use, rme adi-2 dac fs
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No. DSD will only work using the HDMI 2 out of the Sony going into to HDMI IN of the Chinese adapter board (the one you listed). Then connect the HDMI I2S Out of the adapter board to the I2S input of your DAC.
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Ok
Tanks
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if i connect from i2s(first box)to this board(pic)what signal will i get out of the bnc/spdif ?
BNC/S/PDIF is always PCM.
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I bought one of these HDMI ā I2s boxes to use between my Oppo 205 and a DS DAC that Iām receiving tomorrow. I went ahead and hooked up the box and the Oppo today and I am grateful to say that when on the āTVā setting, it passes lossless Dolby Atmos and DTS-X to my SSPā¦ Took me a little while to figure things out. As it turned out, I had CEC disabled in the Oppo (no surprise as I HATE CEC). As soon as I toggled it on (I choose limited), it was able to communicate with my Anthem SSP and send out the lossless codecs. Before I did this, the lossless codecs were being blocked and I was getting lossy, compressed codecs. Very happy that I figured this out.
Anxious to hear thing tomorrow when I add in the DSD. The Oppo DAC is anemic to say the least. It became much better after I added an LPS but I still hear excess bloat compared to my vinyl setup.
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Thatās awesome. For me, itās the boards ability to bypass the copy protection and pass the 96/24 PCM Stereo (I2S) from BluRayās into the DSSr. Or else it defaults to 48/16 (S/PDIF) via Coax.
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Well the converter works great for DSD64 (SACDs) from my Oppo 205. Display on the DS confirms that itās receiving DSD. So that is beautiful thing but also where it all ends. I wish I read the thread posted earlier in this thread before purchasing. I spent like 20 minutes tracking down my cables and connections to try and figure out why the channels were reversed. Itās the box. Also, I now know why CDs sound horrific through the box. I guess pre-emphasis is being activated within the DS. So the only use for the box is to listen to SACDs with the channels reversed. 
Think Iāll just return it and maybe itāll motivate me to buy a streamer and rip all of my media sooner than later. Kind of a bummer.
Well that hasnāt been my experience and yes, you need to solder the ribbon cable to the blue board in order to reverse the channel. For CDās or anything PCM, the āreversedā I2S is excellent (not reversed when you play CDās/Hi bitrate PCM). Itās indistinguishable from the optical and S/PDIF inputs to my ears.
Sorry it didnāt work for you. My experience is the total opposite.
I have 2 HDMI/MHL to I2S boxes: the cheaper one from Audiophonics in France
the board inside the box mentions HDA20012 TXC1. Native DSD via I2S works with Cambridge CXU, but the board cannot input native DSD and output DOP64 via COAX or Toslink. With my Musician Pegasus DAC the DSD L/R channels over I2S are swapped compared to PCM over I2S.
The other box is more expensive, costs about EUR 100,ā.
See:
HDMI/MHL Digital Interface Audio I2S/DSD/Optical/Coaxial HDMI to I2S IIS #TOP | eBay
the board inside this box mentions HDA20027 TXC1 pro.
Native DSD via I2S works with Cambridge CXU, and there is now DSD sound/audio on coax and toslink. With my Musician Pegasus DAC the PCM and DSD L/R channels over I2S are correct.
Thanks to linger63 on audiophilestyle.com for pointing out that such a box exists.
Audiophonics shows this one.
If so, they are both the same box and reverse the L & R DSD Channels. It will never reverse the PCM channels. I have checked this numerous times with the Coax, Optical, AES/EBU inputs. The only way to get correct L & R DSD outputs is with this board thatās been mentioned numerous times by myself and others:
It comes with a ribbon cable that you cut in half, plug one end into either of the I2S white header connector on either of the boxes you bought (both boxes behave the same - ātrust meā). Then you solder the pins based on the following pinouts :
You no longer need the extra board and ribbon cable to get the channels reversed. See my post at I2S output board for my Oppo 203 vs Bridge II ethernet for sound quality? - #55 by mscardina.
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I didnāt even notice it on my my new board ! Thatās so cool. Thx @mscardina
Hi @rajugsw I wonder if you have any tips for someone who is just now trying to figure all this out, and who doesnāt have a lot of soldering/modding experience. Iām willing to get my hands dirty, but would like to minimize that if possible.
Would love to know what I would need to order to get HDMI audio from an X800 into a Denafrips (or perhaps Topping?) DAC that can accept I2S in. I think I can probably figure it out from the info already provided on this thread, but also wanted to check if there have been more recent developments that make this kind of thing easier. I appreciate any info anyone can give.
Since the Denafrips provides a built-in HDMI I2S port you can use the afore-mentioned module directly. Some of them have a switch to swap channels so that you do not need to bridge the pads with solder, though it is trivial to do. As to the Topping, you would need a Matrix Audio X-SPDIF 2 USB interface in addition as they do not offer HDMI I2S outputs on any models I am aware of.
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Have a fully Oppomod 203 here,
been running it for a few years now.
Linear power supply has a breaker rahter than a fuse, that was a significamt improvement.
Some mods of my own too, RF treatment, case damping and isolation feet.
Attn paid to mains cables and i2s too, it all matters.
Superb transport, and more than worth the outlay.
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I have been trying this with my sony udp-x700 to my gustard x26 but i dont have the ps as i was told not needed. Could you tell me what the current capacity is on your ps? Currently when i connect this the transport switches on and off every second.
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HI Paul,
Get this and you should be good to go. Whoever told you donāt need the PS is FoS.
Cheers,
Joe Goswami
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