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IMac digital out help

I recently purchased an imac to feed my audio aero capitole and use it as the DAC. In order to get the digital out i was planning on going toslink and got a mini toslink adapter thinking that the headphone jack is hybrid. To my surprise the mini toslink is quite smaller that the headphone jack. Is my output not hybrid? Do i have the wrong adapter? Should I pursue a usb or firewire digital out instead? Any help would be great.
quaded
ballan
184 posts
 
@Quaded: I've never seen such a item, and have no idea what it could be used for. If it's just an analog 2.5mm end, then it would have to have a DAC for conversion to digital toslink. If it's a 2.5mm optical, then I want to know what uses that kind of plug? I am not aware of such a thing?

When I Google that part number, I only get that page, for that site for your link. I wonder what it is? Does anyone know what it is?
devilboy
1,176 posts
 
When I first got my Mac Mini I used a mini-toslink cable from Van Den Hul. Conventional toslink on the dac end and mini-toslink on the Mac end. Sounded wonderful. I've since moved to firewire, but the VDH is still wonderful.
devilboy
1,176 posts
 
One more thing: Don't buy adapters of any kind. The VDH is glass optical as well, so it truly is a great sounding cable.
quaded OP
14 posts
 
Thanks. I'll look the VDHs up.
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