HDMI isilencer

[jimfisheye]

I'd like to see someone take one of those isilencer's apart and see exactly what sort of circuit (if any) is inside.

Or just capture before and after recordings of the digital audio stream through it.

Does the thing have an LED? If yes, my guess for the circuit is a resistor and LED tapping power off the HDMI input to light the LED. Maybe a small capacitor to ground to cure the noise the thing would introduce that would otherwise break the ability to even pass the HDMI signal.
Again, just a guess.

 

[PolkSDA]

Yeah. Now I use a Canon inkjet that will print to (white) inkjet printable discs. Looks like factory if you get the image scan right (I use PhotoShop).
Don't print so many these days, but sometimes for a backup disc. Canon has a utility for printing to inkjet printable discs.

(Off-topic, sorry...)

Ahh, the good old days of trading CD-R boots... from sharpie-labeled, to printed labels (the worst of all worlds with respect to disc stability and possible damage to the player), to printable discs.

The problem with the inkjet-printable discs are (1) spill some water and you have a horrific mess when the ink runs, and (2) even dry, the ink can flake off over time and gum up the insides of the player, especially if you play a lot of inkjet-printed discs.

That's why back in 2005 I purchased a Primera Accent II CD/DVD laminator. It heat-seals the top of a printed CD with a layer of clear film, thus making it water-tight and the ink no longer flakes off. It also makes the discs look much nicer, with a glossy surface. I still have it, although I don't use it very often.

 

[DuncanS]

All this stuff is child's play, my system really didn't come alive until I got my hands on a Rockwell Retro Encabulator - thanks to the revolutionary implementation of hydrocoptic marzel vanes, it has completely solved all of my problems produced by modial interaction of magneto reluctance and capacitive duractance, with almost zero side-fumbling.

Me .....
I've got an orgone accumulator
And it makes me feel greater
I'll see you sometime later
When I'm through with my accumulator

It's no social integrator
It's a one man isolator
It's a back brain stimulator
It's a cerebral vibrator
Of orgones, of orgones, orgones

 

[Sal1950]

Then i went to the discs with burnable label sides.

I remember doing that back when. That didn't last long but I worked OK.

I'd like to see someone take one of those isilencer's apart and see exactly what sort of circuit (if any) is inside.

If someone was interested enough they could purchase one and have it drop shipped to Amir at
ASR to measure and possibly disect? Then he would ship it back to the purchaser when done.
I bet he'd love to see that it really does.

 

[LuvMyQuad]

I remember doing that back when. That didn't last long but I worked OK.


If someone was interested enough they could purchase one and have it drop shipped to Amir at
ASR to measure and possibly disect? Then he would ship it back to the purchaser when done.
I bet he'd love to see that it really does.

Doesnt he have an issue with his equipment testing HDMI? Or maybe he just chooses not to when there is S/PDIF available.