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    I2S with my NorthStar DAC

    Quote: Originally Posted by rosgr63 BTW I have tested the 192 MKII with an I2S signal (24bit/192kHz) and a SPDIF signal (16bit/44.1kHz) and hardly noticed any difference! rosgr63 I have always preferreed the I2S on the NSD192, but the difference became much bigger when I upgraded...
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    I2S with my NorthStar DAC

    Quote: Originally Posted by paaj the teralink does not support that signal as far as I know... good thing I didn't try to get the I2S to work are you sure I2S is only acceptable as 192khz? I just ordered the Metronome upsampler from Twisted Pear. I2S input and output, it...
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    I2S with my NorthStar DAC

    Quote: Originally Posted by rosgr63 John O. The NSD 192 I2S input (No5) will only work with a 24bit/192KHz signal, otherwise the I2S input (No5) is disabled. Rosgr63 - Very helpful - thanks. I thought it might be signal rate after all the pinout combinations did not work.
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    I2S with my NorthStar DAC

    Quote: Originally Posted by rosgr63 John O. are you connecting your PC via USB to Teralink to NSD SPDIF? PC to Teralink via USB. The Teralink drives either the Toslink and SPDIF inputs (both work well) on my Northstar 192 dac. I bought the Tera to drive the I2S because the...
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    I2S with my NorthStar DAC

    paaj - did you ever get the pinouts to match? Newbie here. I have been trying to get the Teralink and Northstar to connect via I2S with no luck. The pinouts posted by you and Fallenangel helped, but I still can't make it go. Otherwise the Terlink SPDIF works fine and sounds good. I have...
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