New TV: what to do with TOSLINK optical output
mrgreenfur Yes, looking at the manual from your link, the default setting will be "auto". As I said previously, that will need to be set to PCM. Then the FiiO D03K DAC that I recommended will work. It comes complete with power supply for the $20. https://www.amazon.com/D03K-Digital-Analog-Audio-Converter/dp/B009346RSS Most of the budget DAC's like this look and feel cheap, but not the FiiO D03K, it actually has a quality metal case and feels solid. |
I use this excellent Toslink cable: https://btpa.com/TOSLINK-XXX.html to go from my smart TV to this reclocker (which lowers jitter for dolby digital as well as PCM): https://ifi-audio.com/products/spdif-ipurifier/ Then this low-jitter signal is sent using my excellent $275 BNC-BNC coax cable with adapters to my SS processor. It is important to have a 4 foot cable to reduce jitter from the cable. Incredible surround-sound for movies. You could also cable to a PCM DAC, but I would use a Synchro-Mesh reclocker instead of the iPurifier if you only need PCM playback. Lower jitter. Steve N. Empirical Audio |
