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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.

[Chris Hornbeck]

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

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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

[Chris Hornbeck]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:44:02 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Actually found another item that does the same thing. http://
macaudiopro.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=47126

That sure looks pretty nice; much fancier than the MCM part.
In some locations I'd worry about the weight and fragility
of the Mac end. But I'm a professional worrier.

I've also seen fairly compact, well isolated small systems
where the optical output from an all-in-one Mac was the
only way to get the buzz floor down enough to even be usable.
Even in home playback-only. Now that I remember it, a
friend still has the loan of my favorite little D/A converter
box in his office because it was the only way to cure the buzz.
Doh!

(The analog (headphones) outputs were unacceptably noisy.
Not ground loops, per se, but more like contaminated grounds.)

All good fortune,
Chris Hornbeck

[David Morgan \(MAMS\)]

"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

[Scott Dorsey]

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."