Monoprice Component & S/PDIF Digital Coax/Optical Toslink Audio to HDMI Converter does what it says. While it isn't without its quirks, it does work. Mostly. Monoprice has a singular reputation in the ...

In the home theater space most people would tell you the age of optical audio, known officially as TOSLINK, is over. While at one time they were the standard for surround sound systems, the fiber ...

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JVC Japan, made an adapter that hooks up to an optical audio port and translates high-quality optical signals into analog surround sound for headphones. It takes two AA batteries and is covered with ...

Jeff K. has a bone to pick with Apple: I have a great set of speakers that I connected to my old iMac with a optical audio/mini-plug cable through the headphone jack. They had terrific sound. Imagine ...

Optical out issues William Kucharski offers a technical explanation behind some of the optical audio out quirks we have been covering over the past week: "Basically, most any D/A converter needs a few ...

Apple appears to have removed optical audio output support from the headphone jack on its new 13-inch MacBook Pro with function keys, suggesting it is unlikely to have made the transition in the Touch ...