Digital Fiber Optical (Toslink) to Digital Coaxial (S/PDIF) Converter.
This product is designed to be used to convert a fiber optic (toslink) digital audio signal into a digital coaxial signal. If a receiver / amp only has digital coax inputs or all the optical inputs are full this device is the perfect solution to maintain digital audio throughout the system. This product supports all digital surround sound fields, such as: Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS, 7.1, etc.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
I've converted to digital coaxial and I'm not going back!:
I knew I was missing some bandwidth by using a digital optical cable but that's the only means of connecting my Panasonic DVD recorder. That was until I "discovered" and installed this converter. Now I hear everything I was meant to in my DVD movies and I owe it all to this little silver box. I suppose a DVD recorder with a digital coaxial jack is the way to go but for those of us who have already invested in an expensive recorder this converter is the next best thing to getting all the bandwidth you were... more info
Alright:
I just got this since my new Samsung surround sound system only has coaxial digital inputs but I didn't want to use stereo and my Xbox 360 only accepted toslink fiber optical. It does its job but true fiber optical will do better.
Great non-HDMI connection to my H/K receiver.:
This is by far the quality (BUT FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE) answer to connecting a PS3 to an older Harman/Kardon AV100 receiver when connections are limited or already used. My optical connection from my HDTV satellite receiver to the H/K receiver was already in place, no HDMI inputs were available, thus leaving the digital coax inputs as my best solution. I connected the converter via a short HDMI (PS3) to Digital input cable (converter). Then from the Digital Out (converter) to Coax. 2 of the H/K. Then... more info
