I2S cable DIY?

Re: I2S cable DIY? Coax or Hoax?

tomchaoda said:

Has anyone make his/her own DIY I2S cable before?
If not, any where I can find the spec and parts to do it myself?

Thanks,

Thomas

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Hi Thomas I just bundled together three 50 Ohm pieces of coax between CDP and DAC. The type of cable Mark Levinson was using when he introduced the ML1-preamp with Lemo connectors.

Re: Re: I2S cable DIY? Coax or Hoax?

Elso Kwak said:

Hi Thomas I just bundled together three 50 Ohm pieces of coax between CDP and DAC. The type of cable Mark Levinson was using when he introduced the ML1-preamp with Lemo connectors.

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Hello Elso, How long were those cables?

There is so much discussion about how long a run I2s can support. Under optimal conditions I understand 20 cm in an internal chassis is max.

Regards

Anthony

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Coulomb said:

Hello Elso, How long were those cables?

There is so much discussion about how long a run I2s can support. Under optimal conditions I understand 20 cm in an internal chassis is max.

Regards

Anthony

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Hi Anthony,
I used this scheme, which has more drive than just connecting the chips directly. Between CDP and DAC is about 70 cm.

I thought about this recently, and thought of using differential line drivers to transmit the I2S signals, over a standard CAT5 network cable. While I doubt you'd get more than a few metres distance it'd be plenty for an interconnect... and no making up your own cables

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Elso Kwak said:

Hi Anthony,
I used this scheme, which has more drive than just connecting the chips directly. Between CDP and DAC is about 70 cm.

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I don't suppose you made a little PCB for this did you?



Anthony