Hi Guys,
Is there a way to use Exa2ui USB-I2S to connect to Psaudio DirectStream DAC using HDMI cable ?
Thanks,
Alexandre.
I think I recall an I2S to hdmi (I2S) being sold somewhere (search google and this forum)... That would probably be the easiest way. Else if you know the pinout you should be able to manually solder the connections from the exau2i's outputs.
What to use now?
I'm digging up ancient posts here but what would you recommend using today?
For me too! It is now of course hopelessly outdated in many ways.
I'm digging up ancient posts here but what would you recommend using today?
I have had one of these for several years. I have tried most of the boards that are mentioned on DiyAudio. I still think the U2I hass the best sound of them all.
It does pass 32bit to a 9018, at least the BIII version from TwistedPear.
The ASIO driver works with JRiver. I have never had an issue with it.
I do not use the clocks from the U2I with the BIII. However, I have fed the U2I into various ESS DACs from DIYINHK using he clock on the U2I. This also works well.
I have not intention of getting rid of mine any time soon.
It does pass 32bit to a 9018, at least the BIII version from TwistedPear.
The ASIO driver works with JRiver. I have never had an issue with it.
I do not use the clocks from the U2I with the BIII. However, I have fed the U2I into various ESS DACs from DIYINHK using he clock on the U2I. This also works well.
I have not intention of getting rid of mine any time soon.
I have had one of these for several years. I have tried most of the boards that are mentioned on DiyAudio. I still think the U2I hass the best sound of them all.
It does pass 32bit to a 9018, at least the BIII version from TwistedPear.
The ASIO driver works with JRiver. I have never had an issue with it.
I do not use the clocks from the U2I with the BIII. However, I have fed the U2I into various ESS DACs from DIYINHK using he clock on the U2I. This also works well.
I have not intention of getting rid of mine any time soon.
Agreed. My u2i is great and works best with jriver. The newer versions of jriver have a wdm driver that allows it to act as a sound card. This works awesome with the u2i because it asks the device to work with any windows program and not just one that support asio. This overcomes one issue as before you needed to buy the virtual cable software to achieve something similar. It is a great combo.
exau2i to BIII
How do you hock up exau2i to BIII without using the clocks on the u2i?
Best regards
Petter
I have had one of these for several years. I have tried most of the boards that are mentioned on DiyAudio. I still think the U2I hass the best sound of them all.
It does pass 32bit to a 9018, at least the BIII version from TwistedPear.
The ASIO driver works with JRiver. I have never had an issue with it.
I do not use the clocks from the U2I with the BIII. However, I have fed the U2I into various ESS DACs from DIYINHK using he clock on the U2I. This also works well.
I have not intention of getting rid of mine any time soon.
How do you hock up exau2i to BIII without using the clocks on the u2i?
Best regards
Petter
Anyone knows why the choice was made to add isolation after the buffering and reclocking
It's been ages since i had one of those, but is there any actual reclocking outside of the processor? I guess isolating and reclocking 8 channels would have added quite a bit of complexity to the board. And there was supposed to be a mk2...
There is no reclocking on this board. But USB data is decoupled into a large buffer inside the FPGA and read out using high quality clocks on the board. However the power domain isolation happens on the output I2S interface using GMRs which inject jitter of their own.
Wonder why the USB power isolation wasnt done at the input, leaving the I2S output to have the low jiiter clock
Wonder why the USB power isolation wasnt done at the input, leaving the I2S output to have the low jiiter clock
You should reach out to their email address on the web site. To get for access and driversDoes anyone know if drivers are still available for this BTW? Just upgraded to Win 10 in my second compost and wondering if there is a compatible driver for it. The old site appears to be down.
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For those who still have one of these I thought I would give an update on my experience using it with Windows 10. The ASIO driver works perfect. I did an upgrade from Win 7, so I did not even have to reinstall the driver.
Now the really good news. There is a noticeable improvement in the sound quality. I would compare it to the improvement I heard by adding an AudioQuest Jitterbug to the USB chain. I use the latest version of JRiver with no issues.
My only regret is that I did not upgrade to Win 10 sooner.
John
Now the really good news. There is a noticeable improvement in the sound quality. I would compare it to the improvement I heard by adding an AudioQuest Jitterbug to the USB chain. I use the latest version of JRiver with no issues.
My only regret is that I did not upgrade to Win 10 sooner.
John
You should reach out to their email address on the web site. To get for access and drivers
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The forum with download section is still live. I was able to eventually navigate there. I did a fresh Windows 10 install recently and grabbed a windows 8 driver and it worked fine.
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