Will a SPDIF-Toslink converter degrade the signal/sound???

[Mike]

I'm looking at this converter boxes that convert a coax into a
toslink. Will this degrade the signal or what? What problems do
these converter boxes have?

[Arny Krueger]

"Mike" > wrote in message
om
> I'm looking at this converter boxes that convert a coax into a
> toslink. Will this degrade the signal or what? What problems do
> these converter boxes have?

Typically they either work or they don't work. There's no significant
degradation of the signal if the signal passes at all.

[Mike]

"Arny Krueger" > wrote in message >...
> "Mike" > wrote in message
> om
> > I'm looking at this converter boxes that convert a coax into a
> > toslink. Will this degrade the signal or what? What problems do
> > these converter boxes have?
>
> Typically they either work or they don't work. There's no significant
> degradation of the signal if the signal passes at all.

That's what I was told. I just bought the cheapest one I could find.
I figured the ones on Ebay for $25 VS. the ones on the net for
$75...It's not a huge price difference, but I'm cheap like that;)...

[Arny Krueger]

"Mike" > wrote in message
m
> "Arny Krueger" > wrote in message
> >...
>> "Mike" > wrote in message
>> om
>>> I'm looking at this converter boxes that convert a coax into a
>>> toslink. Will this degrade the signal or what? What problems do
>>> these converter boxes have?
>>
>> Typically they either work or they don't work. There's no significant
>> degradation of the signal if the signal passes at all.
>
> That's what I was told. I just bought the cheapest one I could find.
> I figured the ones on Ebay for $25 VS. the ones on the net for
> $75...It's not a huge price difference, but I'm cheap like that;)...

BTW, I have a number of these including the Midiman CO2 that was also
recommended.

[Jim Seymour]

Sorry to resurrect a two year and four month old thread, but in
researching RAO comment on optical vs. coaxial digital interconnects,
I ran across this:

In article >,
"Arny Krueger" > writes:
> "Mike" > wrote in message
> m
>> "Arny Krueger" > wrote in message
>> >...
>>> "Mike" > wrote in message
>>> om
>>>> I'm looking at this converter boxes that convert a coax into a
>>>> toslink. Will this degrade the signal or what? What problems do
>>>> these converter boxes have?
>>>
>>> Typically they either work or they don't work. There's no significant
>>> degradation of the signal if the signal passes at all.
>>
>> That's what I was told. I just bought the cheapest one I could find.
>> I figured the ones on Ebay for $25 VS. the ones on the net for
>> $75...It's not a huge price difference, but I'm cheap like that;)...
>
> BTW, I have a number of these including the Midiman CO2 that was also
> recommended.

Since I'm in the market for such a beast (my new WS TV has only
coaxial outputs and my receiver has only optical inputs remaining), I
was looking at a Dayton DAC-CO Coaxial to Optical Converter, as in:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DS_ID=3&Product_ID=16150&DID=7

This a good way to go? Is there a better product?

Arny, you being the "facts and science guy" here (still fighting the
Good Fight, I see): Have you actually applied any measurement tests
to any of these devices you have?

Thanks,
Jim
--
Jim Seymour | "There is no expedient to which a man will not
| go to avoid the labor of thinking."
http://jimsun.LinxNet.com | - Thomas A. Edison

[Arny Krueger]

"Jim Seymour" > wrote in message

> Sorry to resurrect a two year and four month old thread,
> but in
> researching RAO comment on optical vs. coaxial digital
> interconnects,
> I ran across this:
>
> In article >,
> "Arny Krueger" > writes:
>> "Mike" > wrote in message
>> m
>>> "Arny Krueger" > wrote in message
>>> >...
>>>> "Mike" > wrote in message
>>>> om

>>>>> I'm looking at this converter boxes that convert a
>>>>> coax into a toslink. Will this degrade the signal or
>>>>> what? What problems do these converter boxes have?
>>>>
>>>> Typically they either work or they don't work. There's
>>>> no significant degradation of the signal if the signal
>>>> passes at all.

> Since I'm in the market for such a beast (my new WS TV has only
> coaxial outputs and my receiver has only optical inputs remaining), I
> was looking at a Dayton DAC-CO Coaxial to Optical Converter, as in:

>
> http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DS_ID=3&Product_ID=16150&DID=7

> This a good way to go?

Seems like.

> Is there a better product?

Probably not.

> Arny, you being the "facts and science guy" here (still
> fighting the
> Good Fight, I see): Have you actually applied any measurement tests
> to any of these devices you have?

Yes. Typically they either work or they don't work. There's no significant
degradation of the signal if the signal
passes at all.

[Sander deWaal]

(Jim Seymour) said:


>Arny, you being the "facts and science guy" here (still fighting the
>Good Fight, I see) ......


You accidently omitted a smiley after that sentence.

Here it is: ;-)

--
"All amps sound alike, but some sound more alike than others".

[George M. Middius]

Sander deWaal said:

> You accidently omitted a smiley after that sentence.
> Here it is: ;-)

That's only a "smiley" in the Hive. In Humanspace, it's a smirky.

;-(




--
A day without Krooger is like a day without arsenic.

[Jim Seymour]

In article >,
"Arny Krueger" > writes:
> "Jim Seymour" > wrote in message
>
[snip]
>>
>> http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DS_ID=3&Product_ID=16150&DID=7
>
>> This a good way to go?
>
> Seems like.
>
>> Is there a better product?
>
> Probably not.
>
>> Arny, you being the "facts and science guy" here (still
>> fighting the
>> Good Fight, I see): Have you actually applied any measurement tests
>> to any of these devices you have?
>
> Yes. Typically they either work or they don't work. There's no significant
> degradation of the signal if the signal
> passes at all.

Okay, thanks for the feedback.

--
Jim Seymour | "There is no expedient to which a man will not
| go to avoid the labor of thinking."
http://jimsun.LinxNet.com | - Thomas A. Edison

[Jenn]

In article >,
(Jim Seymour) wrote:

> In article >,
> "Arny Krueger" > writes:
> > "Jim Seymour" > wrote in message
> >
> [snip]
> >>
> >> http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DS_ID=3&Product_ID=16150&DID=7
> >
> >> This a good way to go?
> >
> > Seems like.
> >
> >> Is there a better product?
> >
> > Probably not.
> >
> >> Arny, you being the "facts and science guy" here (still
> >> fighting the
> >> Good Fight, I see): Have you actually applied any measurement tests
> >> to any of these devices you have?
> >
> > Yes. Typically they either work or they don't work. There's no significant
> > degradation of the signal if the signal
> > passes at all.
>
> Okay, thanks for the feedback.

Funny, that's what his live sound clients say to him!
Just kidding Arny; it's a joke...really, just kidding...