Hi Everyone,
Need some help here.
First some bullet points on the background of the situation:
Thank you all in advance for your help, much appreciate it.
Need some help here.
First some bullet points on the background of the situation:
- SACD players are intentionally designed to not send DSD signals via the digital output for copyright purposes. However, some SACD players can send the DSD signal via video HDMI, not to be confused with I2S HDMI. But DACs do not accept DSD signals via a video HDMI, it only accepts it through either USB, I2S ethernet or I2S HDMI.
- There exist a product where it can extract the digital audio stream (both PCM and DSD) out of the video HDMI and output the PCM stream via optical, digital coaxial and I2S HDMI or the DSD stream via I2S HDMI. This is the such product: HDMI/MHL To I2S IIS HDMI IIS I2S Dual-Mode Digital Audio I2S/Optical/DSD/Coaxial | eBay
- As you all may already know, there are no standards with I2S wiring via HDMI (nor for ethernet for that matter). So one would need to make sure that the I2S HDMI wiring of the source and the DAC matches to ensure that it works.
- I contacted the seller of said product from bullet point (2) and the seller provided me the I2S HDMI wiring diagram. As it is turns out, it is not compatible with my LKS MH-DA004 DAC. As such, I plan to build my own HDMI cable (using a solderless HDMI adaptor in the picture below) to match up the pins.
Thank you all in advance for your help, much appreciate it.