where can i purchase Optical to RCA cable Toronto here

[erniec]

where can i purchase Optical to RCA cable Toronto here

 

[KLin]

They don't make a cable like that. They do make a converter though. Good luck finding one in Toronto.

http://www.amazon.com/Optical-Toslin.../dp/B004C898UO

 

[erniec]

They don't make a cable like that. They do make a converter though. Good luck finding one in Toronto.

http://www.amazon.com/Optical-Toslin.../dp/B004C898UO

really so they don't have just the cable? like optical direct to headphone jack?
it is a must to purchase this converter box? do you know if they usually come with the optical cable?

 

[erniec]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31hCehreriL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

 

[mvbighead]

Light != electrical current, no?

 

[sygyzy]

LOL

 

[imagoon]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31hCehreriL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

That is still fiber. Back in the day they used what looked like a head phone jack to connect them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOSLINK

The headphone looking side is "miniTOSLINK." Picture on wiki.

 

[Patranus]

They don't make a cable like that. They do make a converter though. Good luck finding one in Toronto.

http://www.amazon.com/Optical-Toslin.../dp/B004C898UO

Why are you posting spam links?

 

[Patranus]

where can i purchase Optical to RCA cable Toronto here

Are you looking for optical to analog or optical to coax?

 

[KeithTalent]

Why are you posting spam links?

What are you talking about? A link to the product on Amazon is not spam.

KT

 

[Patranus]

What are you talking about? A link to the product on Amazon is not spam.

KT

And where does the link take you before redirecting you to Amazon?

 

[KeithTalent]

And where does the link take you before redirecting you to Amazon?

The place that gives Anandtech credit for the click? You new here? It's automatic.

KT

 

[Rubycon]

If you're trying to drive headphones off an optical SPDIF output you need a DAC with preamp not a cable. It's an active device needing power. Cables and adapters are passive devices not requiring power.

 

[Rage187]

Detonator Dynamite is just this site's traffic checker. I remember when they first rolled it out and it bombed every outside link. No pun intended.

 

[Patranus]

The place that gives Anandtech credit for the click? You new here? It's automatic.

KT

My bad. Never noticed to before.

 

[Howard]

My bad. Never noticed to before.

Can you tell me where I can buy a Jump to Conclusions mat?

 

[Sephire]

They don't make a cable like that. They do make a converter though. Good luck finding one in Toronto.

http://www.amazon.com/Optical-Toslin.../dp/B004C898UO

I use that. It works. There are two kinds - Optical to coaxial and Coaxial to optical. I think Fry's have it also.

 

[SlowSpyder]

My bad. Never noticed to before.

Been like this for probably more than a year now.

Newegg, Amazon, etc.

 

[Ichinisan]

1) Optical S/PDIF to coaxial S/PDIF doesn't exist.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31hCehreriL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

2) Some devices, like my laptop, integrate optical and coax into a single mini-phono jack. There's actually an internal light emitter/detector at the end of the jack. When you use one of those cables or adapters, it's not "converting to coax" because the signal is optical at both ends of the cable.

 

[imagoon]

1) Optical S/PDIF to coaxial S/PDIF doesn't exist.





2) Some devices, like my laptop, integrate optical and coax into a single mini-phono jack. There's actually an internal light emitter/detector at the end of the jack. When you use one of those cables or adapters, it's not "converting to coax" because the signal is optical at both ends of the cable.

Well it does, using the converter klin linked. They are pretty simple also since the optical and coaxial signalling is the same.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Can you tell me where I can buy a Jump to Conclusions mat?

Maybe Walmart, but its most likely made in China, so the language might be different.

 

[Ichinisan]

Well it does, using the converter klin linked. They are pretty simple also since the optical and coaxial signalling is the same.

A simple adapter or an optical-to-coax cable does not exist. Yes, active converters exist. They require a power supply. They're extremely simple devices because, as you said, the digital signals are the same.

 

[Modelworks]

If you are handy with a soldering iron you can add a coaxial out to any optical out very easily. Attach a .1uf capacitor to the optical out led + and a 75 ohm resistor between the output wire and ground. It isn't 100% correct but works 99% of the time.

 

[RKS]

Can you tell me where I can buy a Jump to Conclusions mat?

http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/8e6c/images/2070/