Re: OT MAC G5 digital audio in, a question...

[Alex Stahl <alex@pixar.com>]

There are. Midiman and hosa are two companies that sell cheap spdif
optical/copper converters. The advantage Apple saw in the optical was
avoiding ground connexions between the CPU and the analog audio realm,
which is potentially significant.

-Alex S.

Kim Flint wrote:
> 
> At 09:40 AM 10/3/2003, bruno kleinefeld wrote:
> >It seems very useful and could even help to save some money... but
> >the digital in on the G5 is optical and, at least on the audio 
>processors
> >I have,
> >digital out are often (if not only) SPDIF.
> >
> >I think Apple should have been takin' care of that...
> >
> >Does anybody know if there's a way to connect something with a digital
> >audio SPDIF out with a computer that has a digital audio in optical?
> 
> the optical version of SPDIF is created by running the electrical spdif
> signal through a simple opto-coupler. They are the same signaling 
>protocol,
> so there is nothing to it really. The part is a very simple, cheap thing,
> so I would guess there are many people who make little convertors between
> the two.
> 
> kim
> 
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