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optical to coaxial

  • 31-12-2011 5:46pm
    #1
    alowe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 347 ✭✭


    I'm looking for a litte help please. I've been lucky enough to be given a phillips soundbar, which has a coaxial connection. My tv however only has a digital optical audio output.

    My plan is to have all sound played on the tv (media player, sky) to be able to play it through the soundbar. I believe that if I buy a coaxial cable, optical audio cable and optical to coaxial convertor that this will work.

    So, if this will work - where's the best/cheapest place to buy the cables and convertor? (online is fine, doesn't need to be a bricks and mortar). And will the sound quality be good when using the convertor? Does it degrade the sound at all?

    Thanks for any advice.


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  • #2
    M00lers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭M00lers


    You can buy a powered optical to coaxail converters on ebay for less than 20 euro. Just make sure you don't buy a coaxail to optical converter.


  • #3
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,622 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Harvey Norman sell Belkin optical cables for about 13 euros, you can get coax cables for 5 euros from xmusic.ie in the Red Cow retail centre....

    http://www.xmusic.ie/ALVA-SPDIF-COAX-CABLE-1-METRE-p-33077.html

    Note that the Alva Optical Cable on the xmusic.ie website is not suitable for consumer kit.


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