Leonard/Janis Robert König · @ljrk
391 followers · 14513 posts · Server todon.eu

I've learnt that and S/PDIF while don't provide the same bandwidth for than 1.0. It feels weird though to connect any non-video media player to my through... HDMI. Is there some digital standard that basically is HDMI sans ?

This would be especially useful since while my amp does have HDMI input it is a bit... picky and despite pass-through enabled it reduces the video quality to FHD only in a setup like [source]->[amp]->[sink]. So currently I'm splitting the HDMI into video (HDMI again) and audio (TOSLINK or S/PDIF) and feed only the latter to the amp.

I acknowledge that the difference b/w S/PDIF and HDMI audio is probably not audible to me, but it annoys me in great detail nonetheless, that there seems to be no non-video connector for digital audio on par of HDMI. I wonder when we'll be connecting computer speakers to the PC via HDMI...

#toslink #digital #audio #HDMI #amp #video #digitalaudio #spdif #hifi

Last updated 1 year ago

lars · @ls
229 followers · 4897 posts · Server social.lsnet.eu

@max Ich habe bei die Vermutung gehört, dass wohl mal ein Upgrade des Standards mit mehr als einer Glasfaser im -Stecker (z.B. für eine bidirektionale Verbindung) angedacht war, was dann aber nie realisiert wurde. Erscheint mir soweit plausibel.

youtu.be/ICcEOXVZ3F0?t=566

#technologyconnections #toslink

Last updated 1 year ago

AndreasSturm01 · @Andreas_Sturm
188 followers · 720 posts · Server mastodon.social

Seit wann hat googles das feature "full dynamic range"? Komplett übersehen. Seit 2016 😂 Das kleine Gerät ist seit 2019 offiziell nicht mehr auf dem Markt. Schade, weil es zuverlässig funktioniert, passabel klingt und einen Ausgang hat.

#chromecast #audio #toslink #googlehome #hifi #stereo #streaming

Last updated 1 year ago

JdeBP · @JdeBP
90 followers · 2402 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk
JdeBP · @JdeBP
87 followers · 2339 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk

@Archie8 To be honest, I very much doubt it.

The RCA and connections themselves I expect will have identical results to the naked ear. And the difference in DAC quality I expect will vary more by manufacturer/model than by generalities such as "old CD player" versus "modern DVD player".

If this were analogue versus optical , that would be a different kettle of fish.

#scart #toslink #HiFi

Last updated 1 year ago

Alembadelic · @alembadelic
68 followers · 154 posts · Server heads.social

Anybody got a Toslink DAC to RCA with Bluetooth they’d recommend?

#dca #toslink #bluetooth #budgetaudio

Last updated 2 years ago

Dušan 🇷🇸 :arch: ⚛️ · @dusnm
126 followers · 1524 posts · Server fosstodon.org

Spent the entire day yesterday trying to find a 3m long TOSLKINK cable to hook up my deck to my PC. No store had it in stock, all they had was 1.5m or 1m and that just wasn't going to cut it.

Against all odds I found the only one left in a small store in my area, 10 minutes before closing time.

TOSLINK is supposed to work reliably up to 5-6m, so I see no issue with this cable being "too long" so there has to be another reason why shorter cables are more common...

#hifi #toslink #minidisc

Last updated 2 years ago

/dev/urandom · @rnd
292 followers · 174 posts · Server toot.cat

was reminded of someone using the built-in LED on the to play music (using
) twitter.com/pd780c/status/1359

#RaspberryPiPico #toslink

Last updated 2 years ago