Can you convert RCA to optical?

Take your analog device and plug in your RCA stereo audio connection into the converter. The RCA stereo audio to digital coax and optical audio converter will switch the analog signal and output it on the other end to either a digital coax signal or a toslink digital optical audio signal.

Can you use RCA for SPDIF?

You cannot use RCA cables for S/PDIF connections. While they look similar because of the RCA connector (Phono Plug),it is not the same. SPDIF cables have a stereo digital connection, whereas RCA cables have a mono analog connection.

Is TOSLINK the same as optical?

The official term for optical audio cable is “Toslink,” short for Toshiba Link. Developed in the early ’80s to connect their CD players to their receivers, it was a red laser optical version of the Sony/Phillips “Digital Interconnect Format” aka S/PDIF standard.

Is optical and Spdif the same?

They are both digital connections. Optical usually refers to the ADAT protocol over a fiber optic cable (TOSLINK), while SPDIF is usually transmitted over a coaxial “RCA” cable. “Usually”, optical can carry 8 channels at 44.1/48KHz (or 4 at 88.2/96KHz in certain situations) while SPDIF is stereo (two channels).

Is digital coaxial the same as SPDIF?

SP-DIF (Sony/Panasonic Digital InterFace) is the same as Digital Coaxial. You just need a high end RCA cable to connect SP-DIF out to Digital Coaxial In. No 1/8″ minijack adapters, those would be for analog sound.

Is SPDIF the same as aux?

As you say, spdif is a digital signal, Aux would be an analogue signal. So you’d need a spdif to analogue converter.

Are TOSLINK and optical the same?

What is SPDIF output used for?

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is an audio transfer format interface. It transfers digital audio signals from one device to another without the need to first convert to an analog signal, which can degrade audio quality.

Is Toslink better than RCA?

The standard specifies multiple interconnection types with RCA coaxial cables and optical TOSLINK being two most popular. Commonly in audio manuals, it is commonly noted that the optical TOSLINK provides a superior connection due to the superior aspects of optical cables in general.

Is Toslink dead?

Unlike HDMI, which has expanded its capabilities significantly over the short time it’s been available, Toslink has remained largely the same. Because there is no specification for the optical connection to handle high-res audio, it can’t do it.

Are TOSLINK and Spdif the same?

TOSLINK specifies the physical connector for optical cable at the physical layer. S/PDIF specifies the protocol at the data link layer. You can also transmit S/PDIF over copper wire (e.g. the other digital audio port using a RCA jack).

Is Spdif same as optical?

What is better SPDIF or optical?

“Usually”, optical can carry 8 channels at 44.1/48KHz (or 4 at 88.2/96KHz in certain situations) while SPDIF is stereo (two channels). It’s great to have both: most multi-channel preamp boxes (e.g. Behringer ADA8200, Audient ASP800, Focusrite Octopre, etc) will output 8-channels through ADAT.

Is Spdif the same as optical?