I'm connecting my new Squeezebox Duet to a DAC via Spdif. Both ends have an RCA termination. Will any old interconnect work here or is there some magic ju-ju that comes from a digital cable? One is ...

Although it often refers to the optical TOSLINK cable, there are four cable types supported by the S/PDIF specification. See S/PDIF. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction ...

My music server (an old desktop PC) finally died and I'm looking to build a new box to replace it. Due to the age of my receiver, I need the new server to output digital audio via an S/PDIF coaxial ...

Wait just a second there, vaquero. We know you're invigorated, but you should probably attempt to digest the price tag here before blowing a gasket in excitement. Bel Canto — not known for trickling ...

AES3id, the unbalanced physical form of the AES3 digital audio standard, is not the only type of digital audio that could be available on coax cable. The consumer digital audio format, commonly called ...

Monoprice Component & S/PDIF Digital Coax/Optical Toslink Audio to HDMI Converter does what it says. While it isn't without its quirks, it does work. Mostly. Monoprice has a singular reputation in the ...

The best-known ways to transmit a digital audio signal (S/PDIF) are to use a standard 75Ω coaxial cable or Toslink optical modules with matching optical cable. Naturally, it can happen that for ...

Last time we looked at the standards for the professional digital audio interface, AES3-2003 and SMPTE276M, as well as an AES information document, AES-3id-2001 (r2006). AES3 describes a balanced ...

If you have been building or supporting PCs for any length of time (twenty-plus years) then you have likely heard of Creative Labs, it's a brand well known for its Sound Blaster audio cards. I had ...