192kHz S/PDIF coaxial input on budget?

s3tup · 4th January 2012, 03:34 PM

Hi,

I'm looking for a sound card capable of 192kHz over S/PDIF or AES/EBU.
PCI is welcome.

I need it to connect PCM4222EVM for THD/FR measurements...
It should lock on external clock, derived from received S/PDIF...

All i am able to find are cards with 96kHz inputs.

I already have the following cards, which are 96kHz limited:
- E-MU 0404PCI
- M-Audio Audiophile FireWire
- M-Audio Revolution 7.1
- Terratec Aureon Space 7.1

Thanks!

phofman · 4th January 2012, 04:53 PM

All Envy24-based cards with the MIO/DIO addon card (Audiotrak Prodigy 192, MAYA44 MkII, Waveterminal 192)

ESI Juli@

Infrasonic Quartet

s3tup · 5th January 2012, 10:31 AM

Hehe, too bad i already have 3 Envy24 cards, none of which has the MIO/DIO connector

Envy24 chipset doesn't have inbuilt support of SPDIF input of 24/192. They require additional MIO/DIO cards as you stated.
Although these cards go for cheap over eBay, they don't have the MIO/DIO card included with them, and MIODIO cards cost as much as used Envy24 card... Unobtainable too.

ESI Juli@ is nice, but pricey even in used condition... Analog IO is overkill for my applications.
Infrasonic Quartet - can't find it on eBay.

I have found out, that CMI-8788 based cards do support 192kHz input, as their chipset have these inputs by default.
I'll try to get the Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1.
There is some BGears B-Enspirer card with this CMI chip too, but it has TosLink I/O only. Probably it could be modded to take coax tho...

Thanks!

phofman · 5th January 2012, 10:40 AM

Infrasonic Quartet costs around 100 USD brand new

https://www.nexternal.com/auzentech/...p46direct.aspx

http://www.amazon.com/Infrasonic-Qua.../dp/B0028ZY9EI

CMI-8788 cards are fine too.

s3tup · 5th January 2012, 10:47 AM

Wow!, thanks for the links to Infrasonic Quartet, looks perfect!
Nexternal ships worldwide for a nice price.
Has the WordClock too!

SoNic_real_one · 5th January 2012, 10:49 AM

CMI-8788 - usually only the ones with coax SPDIF can do 192kHz...

phofman · 5th January 2012, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s3tup

Wow!, thanks for the links to Infrasonic Quartet, looks perfect!
Nexternal ships worldwide for a nice price.
Has the WordClock too!

And has full support in linux too :-)

erin · 6th January 2012, 07:05 AM

But wouldn't there be bad reflections of the digital signal caused by that breakout cable???

phofman · 6th January 2012, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erin

But wouldn't there be bad reflections of the digital signal caused by that breakout cable???

The cable is bit-perfect :-) And that is all you need for recording from spdif input. Timing/jitter is no issue in this case since the recovered clock from SPDIF input does not control any DA conversion farther down the stream.

erin · 6th January 2012, 07:19 AM

I was thinking in terms of using this card as an output, not an input.
In this case I think the reflections would be an issue?

4th January 2012, 03:34 PM	#1
s3tup diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Israel	192kHz S/PDIF coaxial input on budget? Hi, I'm looking for a sound card capable of 192kHz over S/PDIF or AES/EBU. PCI is welcome. I need it to connect PCM4222EVM for THD/FR measurements... It should lock on external clock, derived from received S/PDIF... All i am able to find are cards with 96kHz inputs. I already have the following cards, which are 96kHz limited: - E-MU 0404PCI - M-Audio Audiophile FireWire - M-Audio Revolution 7.1 - Terratec Aureon Space 7.1 Thanks!

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4th January 2012, 04:53 PM	#2
phofman diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pilsen	All Envy24-based cards with the MIO/DIO addon card (Audiotrak Prodigy 192, MAYA44 MkII, Waveterminal 192) ESI Juli@ Infrasonic Quartet

5th January 2012, 10:31 AM	#3
s3tup diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Israel	Hehe, too bad i already have 3 Envy24 cards, none of which has the MIO/DIO connector Envy24 chipset doesn't have inbuilt support of SPDIF input of 24/192. They require additional MIO/DIO cards as you stated. Although these cards go for cheap over eBay, they don't have the MIO/DIO card included with them, and MIODIO cards cost as much as used Envy24 card... Unobtainable too. ESI Juli@ is nice, but pricey even in used condition... Analog IO is overkill for my applications. Infrasonic Quartet - can't find it on eBay. I have found out, that CMI-8788 based cards do support 192kHz input, as their chipset have these inputs by default. I'll try to get the Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1. There is some BGears B-Enspirer card with this CMI chip too, but it has TosLink I/O only. Probably it could be modded to take coax tho... Thanks!

5th January 2012, 10:40 AM	#4
phofman diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pilsen	Infrasonic Quartet costs around 100 USD brand new https://www.nexternal.com/auzentech/...p46direct.aspx http://www.amazon.com/Infrasonic-Qua.../dp/B0028ZY9EI CMI-8788 cards are fine too.

5th January 2012, 10:47 AM	#5
s3tup diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Israel	Wow!, thanks for the links to Infrasonic Quartet, looks perfect! Nexternal ships worldwide for a nice price. Has the WordClock too!

5th January 2012, 10:49 AM	#6
SoNic_real_one diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia	CMI-8788 - usually only the ones with coax SPDIF can do 192kHz...

6th January 2012, 07:05 AM	#8
erin diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2006	But wouldn't there be bad reflections of the digital signal caused by that breakout cable???

6th January 2012, 07:19 AM	#10
erin diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2006	I was thinking in terms of using this card as an output, not an input. In this case I think the reflections would be an issue?

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