So why do we need that i2s port? I mean I could connect a streaming dongle if it was real hdmi but so it becomes pretty useless.X16 has no clock input interface. X26pro has a clock interface (can be connected to C16 or C16)
So why do we need that i2s port? I mean I could connect a streaming dongle if it was real hdmi but so it becomes pretty useless.X16 has no clock input interface. X26pro has a clock interface (can be connected to C16 or C16)
It can work with an HDMI audio extractor (useful), or a digital transport like matrix x-spdif, singxer su, ... (not really useful at all..)So why do we need that i2s port? I mean I could connect a streaming dongle if it was real hdmi but so it becomes pretty useless.
It can work with an HDMI audio extractor (useful),
So why do we need that i2s port? I mean I could connect a streaming dongle if it was real hdmi but so it becomes pretty useless.
I think he ment you extract the signal and plug it in via other input ports rca for example.the extractors people find online never has I2S out.
Also it it be a stand out feature.
https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/diy-...-hdmi-mhl-to-i2s-coaxial-optical-p-13419.htmlHuh? the extractors people find online never has I2S out.
https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/diy-...-hdmi-mhl-to-i2s-coaxial-optical-p-13419.html
This seems to accept HDMI audio (like PCM) and output HDMI I2S. I've seen similar devices. Reviews seem to indicate they work.
Here a user on ASR having success using just this itemoh cool, it seems the I2S trend has extended to budget manufacturers.
Works just as it was intended to X16,H16 stack, I nary a complaint, the whole stack cost me about $700 or less.Looks like a known issue/limitation for mqa application: see Topping D90 MQA
So why do we need that i2s port? I mean I could connect a streaming dongle if it was real hdmi but so it becomes pretty useless.
Dear Gustard, I'm very happy with the audio quality of the X16 but please don't give us your lame excuses. Why is it that I can control the X16 volume via my keyboard on Windows 10 but I can't do the same on my Mac Mini M1 and MacBook Pro with X16??? Are you telling us that connecting the X16 to Windows 10 produce inferior sound quality by enabling the keyboad volume control on Windows 10??? Obviously not true right!1. In the core processor of USB audio (we use XU216), there is an area responsible for volume. We can call it "hardware volume".
In Windows, the normal operation (for example: click the small speaker on the taskbar to adjust) is actually the "software volume" of windows. If you want to control the "hardware volume" in windows, you need to open the driver's control panel (such as our GUSTARD USB AUDIO DEVICE CONTROL PANEL). The control panel has a VOLUME tab (whether or not this tab appears depends on the kernel design)
In the MAC system, the volume operation in the system directly calls the "hardware volume", and the mac tries to avoid software volume due to sound quality considerations.
2. In the design of X16's current USB AUDIO kernel, "hardware volume" has been blocked. Based on the analog volume that we have always advocated is better than digital volume. Making the "hardware volume" pass through is the concept of pursuing the best sound quality.
3. Based on the principles of DOP DSD and MQA ease of use. If there are multiple digital volume adjustable nodes in the system, this makes the playback of DOP DSD and MQA prone to trouble. Because if the customer accidentally uses the digital volume in any link before the data stream into DAC, whether it is "software volume" or "hardware volume", it will cause the DOP DSD and MQA to not be played back normally. Therefore, reducing the volume node is our choice.
4. Adjust the volume to preserve the sound quality in order: analog volume (pre-stage or combined amplifier)>decoder volume>computer volume.
It refers to the volume of the USB volume control signal before entering the dac, not the volume of the dac.
The DAC volume adjustment will not be affected and can be adjusted through the panel dial or remote control.
Don't call them lame excuses if you don't understand. Implementation decisions were made by makers based on given parts and drivers. I appreciate that gustard even giving explanations here.Dear Gustard, I'm very happy with the audio quality of the X16 but please don't give us your lame excuses. Why is it that I can control the X16 volume via my keyboard on Windows 10 but I can't do the same on my Mac Mini M1 and MacBook Pro with X16??? Are you telling us that connecting the X16 to Windows 10 produce inferior sound quality by enabling the keyboad volume control on Windows 10??? Obviously not true right!
If you have to develop a driver for Mac OS to enable volume control then do it and stop giving us lame excuses! If it's so difficult then please explain to us why Topping and other companies can do it for their DACs and why can't you do it for the X16???
Dear Gustard, I'm very happy with the audio quality of the X16 but please don't give us your lame excuses. Why is it that I can control the X16 volume via my keyboard on Windows 10 but I can't do the same on my Mac Mini M1 and MacBook Pro with X16??? Are you telling us that connecting the X16 to Windows 10 produce inferior sound quality by enabling the keyboad volume control on Windows 10??? Obviously not true right!
If you have to develop a driver for Mac OS to enable volume control then do it and stop giving us lame excuses! If it's so difficult then please explain to us why Topping and other companies can do it for their DACs and why can't you do it for the X16???
If you want a cheap work-around. Buy a Topping D10s, plug coaxical or optical into X16. Then you get your desired volume control.Dear Gustard, I'm very happy with the audio quality of the X16 but please don't give us your lame excuses. Why is it that I can control the X16 volume via my keyboard on Windows 10 but I can't do the same on my Mac Mini M1 and MacBook Pro with X16??? Are you telling us that connecting the X16 to Windows 10 produce inferior sound quality by enabling the keyboad volume control on Windows 10??? Obviously not true right!
If you have to develop a driver for Mac OS to enable volume control then do it and stop giving us lame excuses! If it's so difficult then please explain to us why Topping and other companies can do it for their DACs and why can't you do it for the X16???
Looks like a known issue/limitation for mqa application: see Topping D90 MQA
Yes but coax and optical will only have a rendering of an mqa signal.you want a cheap work-around. Buy a Topping D10s, plug coaxical or optical into X16.
Yes but coax and optical will only have a rendering of an mqa signal.