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I thought spdif was another word for optical cable. It seems it can be used for both optical and coaxial. My error.
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Sony Philips Digital Interface Format.

A type of data encooding for audio signals.

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Another +1 for the HiFace Doc... and there is a nice cheap on on eBay below:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M2TECH-HIFACE ... 1607103745

I also know somebody selling one here in the UK for £60 delivered...
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Thanks Brit but too much hassle for such a small thing. I am willing to go on consensus, if I can find any.

I am waiting for Terry to pop in and say what he thinks.
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Fretless wrote:This will give you superb sound quality into your vintage DAC.

MF V-Link
Sorry Fretless,nothing against the V Link,but i was rather underwhelmed with the V Dac i had for a while.. :shifty: :grin:
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I have been watching some youtube lately as I used to a lot when I had the TFS. I just want to listen on my system instead of crappy in built speakers in the computer or slightly better through the headphone socket to my headphones.
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Wallace, The V-DAC was the first affordable dac with audiophile pretensions and opened the door for the rest. For the price it was darn good. V-link is an asynchronous converter that changes USB data to SPDIF and has its own time-code system to minimise jitter.

Works a treat.

Doc, see if you can try one of Brit's converters, see if it's what you need.

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Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote:I have been watching some youtube lately as I used to a lot when I had the TFS. I just want to listen on my system instead of crappy in built speakers in the computer or slightly better through the headphone socket to my headphones.
What you need is an e-dac and an AP10 ...Bloody great... :dance:
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No I don't, I want it through my system and my speakers.
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http://hifimediy.com/DACs/usb-dac2

This is the one I took to the bake off the other night, it's a dac with a headphone amp but will also do usb to SPDIF converter. Think of it as an added bonus and don't be too surprised if it gives your Sony a run for its money
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