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I have posted a long review in my "home forum" www. aktives-hoeren.de (with some comparissons to other DACs).
Great review. Informative and enjoyable read even via google translate : P
I have posted a long review in my "home forum" www. aktives-hoeren.de (with some comparissons to other DACs).
I looked up the pin-outs for the singled-ended i2s spec for AGD and Empirical Audio and terminated my own CAT-6 RJ-48. It should have worked until Soup told me that Prepo had already asked AGD to arrange the input pins of the i2s to the Empirical Audio spec. So I just used a regular CAT6 cable, no rearranging of pins necessary.
With the standard AGD i2s arrangement, this is how it should go with the OR5:
You can probably ask Steve or Kingwa to make a cable for you.
P.S.
Rubenpp just sent me a hyperclocked OR5 with regulator upgrade for i2s. My unit only has the regulator upgrade for i2s. No hyperclock. Will get back to you on the results. Be prepared to burn money if you go down this route.
Kingwa declined making me an I2S adapter cable. By Steve are you referring to Steve Eddy of Q Cables?
Ooh. Obvious in hindsight, now that you mentioned it.
Non start, tho, considering I'm not using the EA OR5 converter but a PWT I2S output (HDMI connector) to connect to the Master 7 DAC I2S input (RJ-48?). I don't think Steve Nugent would be especially amenable to that.
Aaand I just got an email from Steve Eddy declining it (analog only). Any other suggestions for an I2S digital adapter cable fabricator?
Anybody has a crazy hum with the USB input? I get an hum
Absolutely true! I am looking for a good interface I2S(over Rj45) whose USB interface supports Kernel Streaming and 24/196 (at least) capable. All I can see is very cheap or very expansive products but no one fits completely.
- Yulong U18: No kernel streaming.
- KingRex UC384 -> No kernel streaming. This one seems interesting but not possible...
- OR5 --> Perfect. But it is more expansive than M7 if you want full upgrade....
- Ciaudio Transient MKII --> It would be perfecty if a cable adaptator fom minidin to rj45 existed. It has also a balanced I2S which is not possible to M7 neither.
If you want balanced I2S there are more options but it has no sense in my opinion....So does anyone know anything else??
So finally I think I will choose JK MKIII via spdif to M7......
Any comment would be highly appreciated.
JM
PD: I do my best with english, sorry....:confused_face_2: