Recent content by elfergos

That’s what I reasoned but I’m no engineer so was wondering if there was a good reason why you shouldn’t do it. The other option I was gravitating towards was just setting up a raspberry pi as a media server and freeing up the usb.

Yeah something like that switch might do, also would something like this work? http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/rca-male-to-female There seems to be a little confusion with the original post, so just to clarify. The DAC I have has 4 digital inputs: I rca coax, 2 optical and a USB. I haven’t much use...

I have a combined amp/dac, it has a single coaxial input but two opticals, thing is I could really do with two coaxials. Are there any splitters that are viable or anything like that?

Alternatively, I see a lot of cheap spdif to 5.1 analog converters such as these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00AZHNXNO/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1Y0CP76DAR4345WBFJJZ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455333147&pf_rd_i=468294 but the reviews tend to be...

I have a Bayerdynamics headzone 5.1 headphone surround sound system that I would like to use with more of my equipment, PS3, TV etc, it only has a firewire digital input. What is the most effect way to get from firewire to S/PDIF without breaking the bank?