#HDMI OPTICAL ISOLATOR FULL#
Since this is fundamentally a new approach to one of the most critical links for anyone with a mScaler, I put it through the full battery of tests and configurations, and learned a heck of a lot along the way. At long last Dan is ready to publicly disclose the product, so I’m finally able to publicly share my experiences with it. I have only recently finished running through my full test matrix with a final preproduction unit (Dan tells me these preproduction units are identical to the production units he’s going to launch with). In the interest of disclosure, I have no commercial relationship with Dan, and am sharing impressions as an audiophile without any commercial conflict or bias or economic benefit to me. DX goes right to what I always thought would be the end game: true optical and electrical isolation between mScaler and your DAC.ĭan ( was kind enough to reach out and provide me with one of the first prototype units for testing, with the ask that I give feedback into development (which was a lot of fun), and that I share my unbiased and independent impressions with the community once the unit is ready to ship (which I am delighted to do).Unlike other options that focus on filtering to minimize RF on BNC cables, the OPTO The latest is something I’ve been waiting for for a long time: the OPTO Today, not only does Hugo mScaler have improved RF suppression (vs Blu2), but there are now several very credible commercial options for having a turnkey high-hygiene DX dual BNC connection between mScaler and your Chord DAC of choice. In the early days, us Chord Blu2 owners were limited to DIY options and experimentation. With the broad availability of mScaler with the Chord Hugo mScaler, some wonderful products are coming available to really showcase the revolutionary impact of mScaler. DX (and how clean power makes everything better).Reality Quest: Review of the AudioWise OPTO DX you will hear a more perfect D/A conversion: a less bright, smoother presentation with more subtle details revealed - and you can listen louder and for longer without listening fatigue.".DX provides an objectively superior solution for those with the most revealing systems and highest appreciation for musical transparency."While cleaner sources, ferrite-laden coax cables and other tweaks may attenuate RF noise to the level of your systems’ subjective noise floor, OPTO DX has independent 12VDC inputs for each side of the optical bridge to provide complete power isolation and reduced noise using battery packs or low noise supplies.It works by modulating the SPDIF signal to optical and back to SPDIF over an optical bridge for total optical galvanic isolation. DX™ is the superior remedy for RF noise in a single or dual-coax SPDIF interface."Hear your DAC as it was meant to be heard.