Is it possible to adapt I2S to USB Audio Standard?

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panzeroceania
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Is it possible to adapt I2S to USB Audio Standard?

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Hello guys, there are several video game systems that have digital I2S internally. There are numerous guides here to adapt that to SPDIF or Toslink. This is helpful to connect your video game system to a home theater setup or AV Receiver.

That said there are more and more commercial DACs on the market that accept USB, and bypass some of the limitations of the aforementioned digital formats. I was wondering if there was a way to adapt the I2S signal to a USB Audio Standard interconnect so that I could interface it with something like a Schiit Audio Bifrost DAC

http://schiit.com/products/bifrost
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Re: Is it possible to adapt I2S to USB Audio Standard?

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What would be the benefits of using USB instead of S/PDIF or TOSLINK? That DAC accepts both of them, so what would be the advantage of using USB?
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Re: Is it possible to adapt I2S to USB Audio Standard?

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darcagn wrote:What would be the benefits of using USB instead of S/PDIF or TOSLINK? That DAC accepts both of them, so what would be the advantage of using USB?
I'd venture none.
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