Please read the paper attached published by AES and authored by:@DrCWO
My CD transport does not provide an USB output. The AES/EBU, S/PDIF and Toslink outputs are limited to 192kHz.
Only the I2S output of my CDT carries DSD64 and DSD128 or PCM at 352kHz and 384kHz.
If you want to play the hi-rez layer of an SACD, upsample/resample a SACD (DSD64) up to DSD 256 or PCM 24/384, you must use the transport's HDMI output.
Wikipedia may be useful at times.Wikipedia says I²S (Inter-IC Sound), is an electrical serial bus interface standard used for connecting digital audio devices together
... and the next sentence is:@badboygolf16v
Today for high-performance, low-latency chip-to-chip communication PCIe is clearly the leading interface.
For audio Wikipedia says I²S (Inter-IC Sound), is an electrical serial bus interface standard used for connecting digital audio devices together.
@badboygolf16v
Today for high-performance, low-latency chip-to-chip communication PCIe is clearly the leading interface.
For audio Wikipedia says I²S (Inter-IC Sound), is an electrical serial bus interface standard used for connecting digital audio devices together.
Again, I do not claim that I2S does sound better than any other interface but the separate clock line does provide some advantages.
This eliminates the coding/decoding effort as well as the reconstruction of the sampling frequency, which could help to better control the jitter.
The citation was incomplete.Wikipedia may be useful at times.
This ends when they pretend owning the only truth.
This!In my view, I2S is meant as an internal bus.
Correct.To work as an external bus, it would require quite a few additional features, which are, to my understanding, all but standardized.
Correct. It was invented by Philips to be used as an audio bus mainly on TVs.In my view, I2S is meant as an internal bus.
For starters there is no standard connector for it.To work as an external bus, it would require quite a few additional features, which are, to my understanding, all but standardized.
There are, in fact, many “standard” connectors, all incompatible even when the physical connector is the same. Many of the DAC and DDC manufacturers have taken to providing DIP switches so that the I2S interface can be configured to work with the various “standard” formats.For starters there is no standard connector for it.
As I2S was originally not made for data transfer between devices but ICs only, there was never a definition for a standard. In the early days some manufacturers used ethernet connectors with different pin assignments, now mostly HDMI connectors and cables are used for it as they are able to transfer high frequency signals.There are, in fact, many “standard” connectors, all incompatible even when the physical connector is the same. Many of the DAC and DDC manufacturers have taken to providing DIP switches so that the I2S interface can be configured to work with the various “standard” formats.
Are you confusing HDMI with I²S?@DrCWO
My CD transport does not provide an USB output. The AES/EBU, S/PDIF and Toslink outputs are limited to 192kHz.
Only the I2S output of my CDT carries DSD64 and DSD128 or PCM at 352kHz and 384kHz.
If you want to play the hi-rez layer of an SACD, upsample/resample a SACD (DSD64) up to DSD 256 or PCM 24/384, you must use the transport's HDMI output.
How are you connecting your turntable to thew RME? I see only balanced analog inputs on the back. Thanks.Been spinning vinyl through the 2/4 all day, sounds great. Heavily modded Rega RP6 with AT150MLX cart. 2/4 ref level set to +26 dB, works well for most cuts, good level, no clipping. All the EQ/filter options are great for getting it to sound just right. Haven't tried it with my old phono pre into analogue ins instead, not sure I will as it's sounding great as is. Be nice if they added an option to monitor the analogue inputs pre ADC at some point, for people that want to do their own digital RIAA curves etc.
Not had the TT set up for three years so I've got lots of great listening ahead! Also been nice listening to some of the projects I mastered that went to vinyl over the last few years.
Either this or an appropriate adapter RCA female to XLR male.Exploring this option and pleading ignorance but wanted to confirm: I will need a pair of RCA to balanced interconnects to connect my turntable to this?
No. You need a simple and cheap RCA to TS connector, see photo in the manual. Nothing 'balanced'.Exploring this option and pleading ignorance but wanted to confirm: I will need a pair of RCA to balanced interconnects to connect my turntable to this?