USB to I2S S/PDIF Boards? 192kHz

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Zero Cool

Zero Cool

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I am looking for a USB to I2s and Spdif board for a project. I currently have a Rigisystems board as used by Audio Research. which..the board is capable of what i need but the ARC Driver/Software has the board limited to just I2S output and I need to output both I2S and Sdif at the same time.

Googling there seems to be 3 current common boards I can find on ebay, amazon and Aliexpress. the CM6631A boards the Xmos versions and many versions or copies of the Amanero boards. this will be mounted internally inside a project so i need just a PCB not a whole box device.

Can anyone recommend any of these devices or something else? has anyone used any of these and can recommend a product?

Internal board, USB to both I2S and Spdif simultanously, at least 24bit 192Khz and will be running on a windows 10/11 machine.

Zc
 
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Hi,

eclipsevl

Thread 'USB UAC2+HID Multichannel input/output interface York'

Hello DiyAudio community,

TL;DR: This is a USB transport for audio output (up to 8ch) and input (2ch for now) and user device control (e.g., DSP management) from PC (MacOS/Linux/Windows) thru I2C/GPIO. Including bootloader for remote firmware update, flexible device configuration, HID interface, multiple audio output options, integration with SigmaStudio (simultanious audio playback and ADAU DSP configuration). Compact module available in USB-C and USB-B versions, isolated or non-isolated.

Latest docs, config tool, link to buy:
http://york.eclipsevl.org/...
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I don't use a driver since I interface it to a Linux-based Sonic Transporter i9/Sonore Signature Rendu.
Plug and play for me. I convert all files to DSD512 using HQPlayer for playback...works very well.
 
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I used to be a big fan of CM6631A when I was running Win7. However on my newer Win11 machine I have been having an issue with the driver for CM6631A not being recognized. As you say you're Win10/11 I would say 'Caveat emptor'.

What I find is often just the 'default' Windows driver (no or minimal control panel) is the one running, not the CMedia one for CM6631A even though that's been installed. Weirdly a couple of days ago I uninstalled the CM6631 driver and the control panel with its multiplicity of sample rates and bit lengths appeared.
 
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My ARC Dac8 does not work well on win 10/11 I can play 48khz and sometimes 44.1khz sample rates but I cannot select anything else even though on win 7 it goes up to 192khz just fine. from a bit of googling, it seems to be a windows 10/11 issue.

So for this project, i need to make sure whatever i get has driver support for all resolutions up to 192Khz in windows 10/11hence why i am asking for opinions here. hoping someone has used a device with success.
 
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abraxalito said:
I used to be a big fan of CM6631A when I was running Win7. However on my newer Win11 machine I have been having an issue with the driver for CM6631A not being recognized. As you say you're Win10/11 I would say 'Caveat emptor'.

What I find is often just the 'default' Windows driver (no or minimal control panel) is the one running, not the CMedia one for CM6631A even though that's been installed. Weirdly a couple of days ago I uninstalled the CM6631 driver and the control panel with its multiplicity of sample rates and bit lengths appeared.
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This is most likely related to Vendor IDs (VID) and PIDs (with this Vendor ID) in Windows (11).

Here's an example.

Older drivers may also cause 'signature' issues.
 
#15
I bought the Jlsounds board. it was more then i wanted to spend but there are many good reviews of it. they had drivers on their website and most importantly. they had it in stock and shipped immediately. it arrives tomorrow!! Now I need to figure out how to get it to work with my AD1955A dac chip.
 
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