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What adapters are out that let you take advantage of the combo input/
output plugs that will take optical digital signals? I know Sony made one for their CD players that used this connector but ideally, I'd like to come from a spdif or toslink cable. Do those adapters exist? I haven't seen any Mac advertising of the capabilities of these connectors nor have I seen anything from the online stores you see in the back of computer magazines. |
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On Jul 14, 6:16*pm, "Soundhaspriority" wrote:
wrote in message ... What adapters are out that let you take advantage of the combo input/ output plugs that will take optical digital signals? I know Sony made one for their CD players that used this connector but ideally, I'd like to come from a spdif or toslink cable. Do those adapters exist? I haven't seen any Mac advertising of the capabilities of these connectors nor have I seen anything from the online stores you see in the back of computer magazines. The Sony device is a simple mechanical adapter that has no circuitry; the optical interface is already in the player. I'm not sure what you're after, but i you want to convert from coax to optical or the reverse, circuitry is required. The Midiman CO2 is a bidirectional converter that can be DC powered, but the power requirement is significant, and it's a clunky metal box -- probably not what you're looking for. Bob Morein (310) 237-6511 I actually own the C02 and use it to go from optical to coax from a Sony minidisk with optical to and from a Sony CDR with coax. What I'm looking for is the adapter to utilize the optical digital ins and outs of the Mac's combo connector that has a 1/8" stereo ins and outs that double as optical digital ins and outs. |
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On Jul 14, 6:32*pm, Chris Hornbeck
wrote: On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:53:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote: What adapters are out that let you take advantage of the combo input/ output plugs that will take optical digital signals? I know Sony made one for their CD players that used this connector but ideally, I'd like to come from a spdif or toslink cable. Do those adapters exist? I haven't seen any Mac advertising of the capabilities of these connectors nor have I seen anything from the online stores you see in the back of computer magazines. Mac's that I've seen have a combi audio output jack, analog via stereo 3.5mm and digital via optical. MCM, among others, sells an optical cable that plugs into the Mac's jack on one end and into a conventional optical jack on the other. Will six feet reach ya? All good fortune, Chris Hornbeck Yea, I think 6 to 8 feet would reach. I'll have to look that company up. Thanks for the info. |
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On Jul 14, 7:21*pm, wrote:
On Jul 14, 6:32*pm, Chris Hornbeck wrote: On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:53:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote: What adapters are out that let you take advantage of the combo input/ output plugs that will take optical digital signals? I know Sony made one for their CD players that used this connector but ideally, I'd like to come from a spdif or toslink cable. Do those adapters exist? I haven't seen any Mac advertising of the capabilities of these connectors nor have I seen anything from the online stores you see in the back of computer magazines. Mac's that I've seen have a combi audio output jack, analog via stereo 3.5mm and digital via optical. MCM, among others, sells an optical cable that plugs into the Mac's jack on one end and into a conventional optical jack on the other. Will six feet reach ya? All good fortune, Chris Hornbeck Yea, I think 6 to 8 feet would reach. I'll have to look that company up. Thanks for the info. Actually found another item that does the same thing. http:// macaudiopro.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=47126 |
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I actually own the C02 and use it to go from optical to coax from a Sony minidisk with optical to and from a Sony CDR with coax. What I'm looking for is the adapter to utilize the optical digital ins and outs of the Mac's combo connector that has a 1/8" stereo ins and outs that double as optical digital ins and outs. I'm going to assume that the "adapter" you are looking for is one that you can physically add to the end of an ordinary "toslink" (digital/optical) cable in order to plug it into the Mac output/input, is that correct? I ordered mine from PartsExpress.com: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshow...TOKEN=47686858 "Toslink to optical mini adapter" Is this what you're asking about? - John |
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"Chris Hornbeck" wrote in message ... (The analog (headphones) outputs were unacceptably noisy. Not ground loops, per se, but more like contaminated grounds.) All good fortune, Chris Hornbeck Took the front panel HP outs from a Mac the other night to run some down & dirty, quick audio from a short DVD presentation to the mixer line inputs.... couldn't hear anything that was nasty, but I had a constant -6dB of _something_ hanging on the inputs as long as the plug was in the Mac jack. DM |
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:30:19 GMT, "David Morgan \(MAMS\)"
/Odm wrote: (The analog (headphones) outputs were unacceptably noisy. Not ground loops, per se, but more like contaminated grounds.) Took the front panel HP outs from a Mac the other night to run some down & dirty, quick audio from a short DVD presentation to the mixer line inputs.... couldn't hear anything that was nasty, but I had a constant -6dB of _something_ hanging on the inputs as long as the plug was in the Mac jack. Sounds a lot like my experience. I can't say fersure-fersure it wasn't a ground-loop issue in this case, but everything was Edison'd to a local power strip and otherwise isolated from the cruel world outside. And, an optical cable from the headphone output to (my, loaned) D/A converter, and then on to the analog world, solved the problem. Took me quite a while to believe it, but I'm dogmatic too often. Rruff! I'm certainly open for suggestions, if for no other reason than to get my D/A converter back! Arf. Much thanks, as always, Chris Hornbeck |
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wrote:
What adapters are out that let you take advantage of the combo input/ output plugs that will take optical digital signals? I know Sony made one for their CD players that used this connector but ideally, I'd like to come from a spdif or toslink cable. Do those adapters exist? I haven't seen any Mac advertising of the capabilities of these connectors nor have I seen anything from the online stores you see in the back of computer magazines. I don't know who sells a premade cable (though I'd try Markertek), but I know that Digi-Key sells the Toslink cable, the regular Toslink connectors, and also the combo connectors the Apple uses. Making your own Toslink cables is not too hard. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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