I believe you can buy an HDMI to coax/Toslink converter. Probably not USB. I would Google "HDMI to coax converter" or "HDMI to digital converter". If nothing, try searching on sweetwater.com.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
Can an HDMI output be converted into something a USB input would accept?
My disc player (Cambridge CXU) will only output DSD files via HDMI; is there a way to convert this to USB, or optical, so I can send it to a DAC that doesn't accept HDMI?
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Okay, this is not HDMI, it is only an HDMI connector. That changes everything. It is actually LVDS differential I2S on HDMI connector. The only way you will use this is to get a Wyred4sound DAC or a PSAudio DAC that has differential HDMI input. Make sure that they support the DSD function on that connector first and that the pinout is compatible. It usually is for HDMI. There are some converters out there that convert differential I2S on HDMI to single-ended TTL I2S like this one: https://hifimediy.com/i2s-DSD-isolator This will allow you to connect to more DAC's, like the Northstar, but requires a cable adapter. Get the pinout of the DAC's RJ-45 I2S input and make a cable. Steve N. Empirical Audio |