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Post by John on Jan 29, 2015 20:46:23 GMT
Any recommendations I want to try both Optical and Tosh when I build the Raspberry Pi. Already have a decent Optical cable
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Post by Stratmangler on Jan 29, 2015 21:02:04 GMT
Toslink is optical!  |
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Post by John on Jan 29, 2015 21:04:39 GMT
Okay SPDIF
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Post by Stratmangler on Jan 29, 2015 21:07:16 GMT
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Post by John on Jan 29, 2015 21:24:02 GMT
Nope looking for Tosh !
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Post by AlanS on Jan 29, 2015 21:40:29 GMT
Confusion seems afoot. Toslink=optical, SPDIF=COAX
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Post by MartinT on Jan 29, 2015 22:30:41 GMT
Nope. S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format) is the data format.
It can be carried over optical or co-ax.
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Post by MartinT on Jan 29, 2015 22:31:55 GMT
To answer the question, the best Toslink optical cable I've tried is Stan Beresford's. It's a reasonable price, too.
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Post by ChrisB on Jan 29, 2015 23:59:13 GMT
Of course, there are some that would say all hi-fi cables are tosh.
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Post by canetoad on Jan 30, 2015 3:32:09 GMT
I use a Mark Grant glass Toslink. Haven't tried coax yet as the Caiman II only has one coax input and the Touch is using that.
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Post by zathras on Jan 30, 2015 8:32:18 GMT
Nope. S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format) is the data format. It can be carried over optical or co-ax. Nope, to be fair, Zathras likes fairness, the S/PDIF specification calls out both the link layer protocol AND the physical layer specification. |
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Post by Pinch on Jan 30, 2015 9:50:46 GMT
A slight thread hi-jack: Is there a recommended maximum length for optical cables? (I recall Martin mentioning that there was a recommended minimum length for coax) I ask as I'm in the market for a new cable, but it'll need to be around 5m.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2015 10:13:20 GMT
Can you use an AT&T glass optical cable with the Pi at all?
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Post by Stratmangler on Jan 30, 2015 13:27:04 GMT
A slight thread hi-jack: Is there a recommended maximum length for optical cables? (I recall Martin mentioning that there was a recommended minimum length for coax) I ask as I'm in the market for a new cable, but it'll need to be around 5m. How does 30m sound? Don't worry about anything up to 10m en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOSLINK |
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Post by Pinch on Jan 30, 2015 13:33:37 GMT
Bonza! Cheers  |
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Post by Dave on Jan 30, 2015 13:44:47 GMT
Nope. S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format) is the data format. It can be carried over optical or co-ax. Nope, to be fair, Zathras likes fairness, the S/PDIF specification calls out both the link layer protocol AND the physical layer specification. Zathras is an interesting character from a series full of interesting characters. I haven't had a B5 fix for a very long time, I need to remedy that tout suite... |
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Post by istari_knight on Feb 6, 2015 12:10:12 GMT
I have a Cable Talk "Optical 3" which uses medical grade glass optical fibre... Apparently They crop up on eBay from time to time & usually sell for a fiver or less. Its preferable to any of the plastic one's I've tried thus far.  |
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