Digital To Digital Converter? Why convert digital to digital? For robots with hifis?
There’s 1,000 words worth of explanation. The Denafrips IRIS USB Digital To Digital Converter takes a USB input and converts it to a number of digital outputs including I2S over HDMI (LVDS Standard) or RJ45 (LVCMOS Standard), S/PDIF (Coax and Toslink), and AES/EBU. Those two BNC inputs are for attaching an external (word) clock.
Inside resides the company’s proprietary FPGA DSP Processing, FIFO Buffer & Reclocking, and Industry Leading USB Audio Interface Solution via STM32F466 Advanced AMR based MCU. This is all meant to improve the incoming signal through the IRIS’ output.
I plan to test drive the IRIS using the underwhelming Raspberry Pi 4’s USB output (review) to see if the combo can overwhelm. We shall see (hear).
Company Website: Denafrips
Distributor’s Website: Vinshine Audio
Denafrips IRIS USB Digital To Digital Converter
Price: $526.00
| Description | Parameters |
|---|---|
| D/D Converter | Proprietary FPGA DSP Processing Architecture |
| FIFO Buffer and Reclock with Internal Crystal | |
| FEMTO Crystal Oscillator | |
| Optical Isolated All Digital Input Interfaces | |
| Proprietary USB Audio Solution via STM32F446 Advanced AMR Based MCU | |
| Licensed Thesycon USB Driver For Windows Platform | |
| Driverless On Mac & Linux | |
| External Clocks Input Supported | |
| DSD | DSD64-DoP On All Output |
| Upto DSD512 On USB Input & I²S Output | |
| PCM | 24bits / 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192KHz On All Output |
| Upto 768kHz On USB Input & I²S Output | |
| Digital Input | USB |
| External Clock Input | 45.1548MHz |
| 49.152Mhz | |
| Digital Output | Coax SPDIF via RCA |
| TOSLink x 1 | |
| AES/EBU x 1 | |
| I²S HDMI LVDS Standard | |
| I²S RJ45 LVCMOS Standard | |
| AC Power Requirement | 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz (Worldwide Voltage, Manual Selector) |
| Power Consumption | ≤20W |
| Dimension | 220W x 250D x 44H mm (Feet +18mm) |
| Weight | 3.5 Kg |
| Color | Black |
| Warranty | 36 Months |