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WaveIO USB to I2S/SPDIF interface
« on: July 16, 2012, 11:35:35 PM »
So after a lot of searching and researching, i have finally settled on this to be my USB to SPDIF solution!

I have one board on the way.

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digital-source/188902-xmos-based-asynchronous-usb-i2s-interface.html



Need to build a shunt 5V regulator for it now :)
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Re: WaveIO USB to I2S/SPDIF interface
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2012, 03:26:20 AM »
Awesome. I'm not soldering that though. Getting some local Vietnamese technician to do that for me.
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Re: WaveIO USB to I2S/SPDIF interface
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2012, 03:28:32 AM »
heh.. that board comes assembled and tested. :) Just need to put it in a box and install a BNC connector.

150 shipped.
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Re: WaveIO USB to I2S/SPDIF interface
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2012, 03:48:24 AM »
Hmmm. Interesting. Better than those snake-oil USB -> SPDIF converters... This is real thing.
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Re: WaveIO USB to I2S/SPDIF interface
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2012, 05:19:40 AM »
Can you comment on what snake-oil exactly you're referring to?
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Re: WaveIO USB to I2S/SPDIF interface
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Re: WaveIO USB to I2S/SPDIF interface
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2012, 06:29:17 AM »
Ah, ok. Agree, a $3,000 converter powered by the USB bus with half the price going to the casework is ridiculous. For a second I was worried that you were going to tell me "it's all 1s and 0s, bit-perfect is bit-perfect, jitter is inaudible, and even if it was audible, any well designed DAC would totally eliminate it".

I'll leave that for the experts on HF.
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Re: WaveIO USB to I2S/SPDIF interface
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2012, 09:43:07 PM »
Very interesting.

Has anyone ordered one of these yet?
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Re: WaveIO USB to I2S/SPDIF interface
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2012, 09:45:46 PM »
Are these transports generally better than most USB inputs? Would it be worth it to get this over, say the $100 USB option on the Schiit DACs?
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Re: WaveIO USB to I2S/SPDIF interface
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2012, 10:06:34 PM »
Quote from: LFF on July 17, 2012, 09:43:07 PM
Very interesting.

Has anyone ordered one of these yet?

Mine just shipped out today. Should have it by end of next week at the earliest.
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