Reddit mentions of OREI Digital to Analog Audio Converter - Optical SPDIF/Coaxial to RCA L/R with 3.5mm Jack Support Headphone/Speaker Output DA21

A Toslink to 3.5mm adapter does not do what you think it does. It's just a physical conversion of two optical audio standards.

What you need is a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) which will take an optical audio signal in (Toslink) and output 3.5 mm stereo audio.

This is an example of an item which will do that for you:
http://www.amazon.com/Orei-DA21-Optical-Converter-Headphone/dp/B008EPW7TA/

Sometimes your TV or monitor will have a DAC built in to it. If it's a TV, look for the left and right RCA jacks (red and white). If it's a monitor, it may have a 3.5 mm jack on it which will convert the audio signal from the HDMI port to stereo audio for you.

There is an optical audio out port on the back of the Xbox.

Gotta use that. If your speakers don't have that connection, there are adapters.

I take it you are trying to use your computer monitor that doesn't have speakers for your PS4 and want sound from the 3.5mm jack from your speakers?

You would need to convert the audio from PS4's optical out using http://www.amazon.com/Orei-DA21-Optical-Converter-Headphone/dp/B008EPW7TA

Then set PS4 audio out to optical.

I am currently building my pc, but I've been using the following converter with an old audio receiver and my xbox one and I have absolutely zero complaints. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008EPW7TA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_0jL5ybBYMTVK4

The headset just accepts chat over that cable connection. You'll still need something like https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EPW7TA to get game audio.

No. Some 3.5mm jacks also double as a mini optical port. That's what this cable is.

You would need somthing like this. To take the digital In and convert to analog out. https://www.amazon.com/OREI-Digital-Analog-Audio-Converter/dp/B008EPW7TA

looks like that tv does not have an analog audio output so you would need something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Orei-DA21-Optical-Converter-Headphone/dp/B008EPW7TA/

there are cheaper ones, at around $12-16, but those don't have a headphone out, just a line level analog out, meant for powered speakers. so i recommended this one. also there is no volume adjustment so i recommend a headphone with a volume control. you also need a digital optical cable such as:

http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Digital-Optical-Audio-Toslink/dp/B001TH7GSW/

for question 2, you can try putting the TV into 1:1 pixel mapping. not all TVs have this option, unfortunately. you can check if it does, but pressing the 'picture' button on your remote. sometimes its called "just scan"

Yea I'm enjoying them. Good headphones are always nice though. What do you use? Well since you have to ask about the sub, I feel compelled to share my struggle.

With my old speakers I just had a 3.5" splitter and used the sub from my old Bose companion 3 speakers alongside my monitors. I noticed that my USB3 DVI adapter was giving a lot of electrical feedback and learned that it is a known issue(http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/io/universal-serial-bus/usb3-frequency-interference-paper.html)

I wanted to try a few different things, so that's part of why I initially ordered a DAC/Power conditioner. Optical audio was one of the things I considered, as it shouldn't have that electrical interference. However to use my sub still I would need a way to split the audio and send non optical to my sub input. So I got this.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001IGXDEK/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


So basically I will split the optical audio. Send one signal to my DAC and then convert the other back to analog using http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EPW7TA/ref=oh_details_o09_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and connect my sub that way.


So I spent over the cost of these speakers ($200) and 11 packages from Amazon to try to have a solid setup and learn a couple things about audio equipment, interference and dirty power.

tl;dr: USB3 causes weird interference in the 2.4 Ghz range. Tried to setup a cleaner audio system, leading me to order ~11 packages from amazon at about 9am after not sleeping all night. Looks like the ambien walrus struck again, but no. Just me.

If you're actually going to buy a receiver, I just recently purchased a Denon AVR-S510BT to replace my newly dead Denon that was about 15 years old. I was able to get it for $180 with tax from Amazon, but it looks like the cheapest new is now $230.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YAO43YG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Alternately, I purchased an OREI Digital to Analog Audio Converter for a friend to output sound to separate speakers since his Xbox TV's builtin audio was failing. This is a $20 box but it needs its own power.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EPW7TA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

>but is it not possible to run the microphone and the Elgato separate from each other?

of course. That's what everyone does. I'm not sure you understood what I said.

Basically, if you want to LP a PS4 game with commentary, you're going to need to use a headset/headphones to keep the game audio from leaking into your mic. Plugging in a headset, however, also keeps the game audio from making it to the Elgato, and therefore results in video game footage without audio. In other words, you need to find a way to send audio to the Elgato while simultaneously sending it to headphones.

What I did was get something like this to connect the digital audio feed from my tv straight to my headset. This kind of "tricks" the PS4 in the sense that it will still send an audio signal out to the tv, and thus, your Elgato, while keeping it from spilling over into your commentary.

I'm assuming you need this so that you can get audio out to RCA. From one of the many previous posts I've made about this...

An Optcial DAC will do what you need just fine. Does the digital to analog conversion from optical out to 3.5mm/RCA out. Plug this into a headphone/passive speaker amp or powered speakers over 3.5mm or RCA, and you're good to go.

You need something like this OREI Digital to Analog Audio Converter - Optical SPDIF/Coaxial to RCA L/R with 3.5mm Jack Support Headphone/Speaker Output DA21 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008EPW7TA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_3d-ZzbY2608XX

i just bought this one a few weeks ago and am perfectly satisfied with it
http://www.amazon.com/Orei-DA21-Optical-Converter-Headphone/dp/B008EPW7TA/

One thing you could do is track down an S/PDIF->3.5mm adapter, and route your PS4's audio through your laptop's line-in port. I do a similar thing with my PS3 right now - video to my monitor with HDMI, and audio into my PC from RCA->3.5mm. Works pretty much perfectly.

Here's one on amazon.ca for about $40, which will let you plug in headphones directly, so no need to route it to your laptop's speakers. Kind of expensive for a small budget, but the alternative is buying a more-expensive monitor that has speakers, which will more than likely mean the panel quality is worse.

I use this:

https://www.amazon.com/Orei-DA21-Optical-Converter-Headphone/dp/B008EPW7TA

Your console needs to have optical out, though. I don't think the PS4 slim supports optical, does it?

They make optical to 3.5mm adapters https://www.amazon.com/OREI-Digital-Analog-Audio-Converter/dp/B008EPW7TA

What on earth is a SPDIF to 3.5mm adapter? SPDIF is a digital signal and 3.5mm is a jack size associated with an analog signal.

Edit: Maybe you got a product like this? https://www.amazon.com/OREI-Digital-Analog-Audio-Converter/dp/B008EPW7TA That's a cheap DAC with SPDIF input. Sounds like you got a poor quality DAC. I'd suggest returning it and getting a higher quality one.

I think this is what you want? You'll need to purchase an optical cable, also. This will only do audio, though.

Supposedly, the MS stereo headset adapter will do chat and audio, but I haven't tried that. I had to get the converter for my surround sound system, so I use that like the 360 dongle for the surround sound and my x12s.

You'll need a DAC for the sound. www.amazon.com/Orei-DA21-Optical-Converter-Headphone/dp/B008EPW7TA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1404421213&sr=8-2&keywords=optical+to+3.5mm

As far as I know, both common digital formats are SPDIF. SPDIF can run over fiber (TOSLINK) or wire (with RCA connectors).

I haven't exactly done a broad survey of all available receivers, but it seems like most receivers these days come with optical (TOSLINK) SPDIF inputs. So you can probably just stick with that.

Another option with newer TVs and receivers is to hook up with HDMI. Some TVs and receivers support "ARC" (Audio Return Channel) where the audio can go "backwards" over the HDMI cable from the TV to the receiver. Usually each one only has 1 or 2 HDMI ports that support ARC.

And yes, you can buy adapters to convert from optical SPDIF to wire SPDIF.

Speaking of which, another option when sticking with the current receiver is to buy a separate digital-to-analog converter, like this one. You'd hook the TV's output to that, then hook its output to the receiver's input. One limitation of this is you will probably not be able to use the TV's remote to control the volume.

Buy used audio equipment. go to a thrift store and look for a receiver with optical inputs and pre outs. otherwise I have used one of these with much success. both options cheap and will convert digital audio.

Here's a switch made for headset/mic, three 3.5mm audio inputs and one output, something like this should work, no receiver needed, $35:

https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-3-Port-Headset-Switch-F1D103A/dp/B00GNN81RC

EDIT: your TV has optical audio out, so you'll need to convert that to 3.5 mm or RCA. Something like this (if I'm googling correctly and your TV doesn't already have 3.5mm or RCA out), $18:

https://www.amazon.com/OREI-Digital-Analog-Audio-Converter/dp/B008EPW7TA

Dig around Google and Amazon for this kind of stuff and you should find what you need to save some $ if you wish. Might find a device that does it all (besides a receiver) on the cheap. :D

Hey, no worries. I ended up going with this converter, it is a bit pricey but it has a 3.5mm output jack, which is exactly what I need. Reading some of the reviews for these types of adapters, I made sure to get one that wouldn't introduce any noise into the audio channel, as some do. Thanks though!

> toslink-to-analog-stereo converter

this is the one i bought https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EPW7TA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Comments say that it will get split audio so i will try it out paired with a portable headphone amplifier i have by FiiO and have the other audio output going to my soundbar. If the sound quality sucks i think i might get a nicer one like you have got.

I should add that i contacted samsung live support and they said that i can only get dual audio with bluetooth headphones, i find that hard to believe when there is all types of A/V equipment out here. They could have atleast figured out what to suggest to people if they wanted to cheap out on this feature lol. i dont want a damn bluetooth headset that needs batterys.

>Unless the dac is a nos dac (which behaves like a broken dac actually), it can't. Actually an amp is many times more likely to affect sound than a dac.

Some extremely garbage DACs either by poor design or budget constraints can sound different. For example the this DAC's frequency response increases significantly at high frequencies (>~12khz). I assume this is due to an extremely bad filter (it also has very bad aliasing). from sub 10hz to around 2k by 30db.

Some (often rather expensive) DACs made by near unknown companies have similar characteristics,
or extremely high distortion,
more often IMD than HD.

Edit. Wrong measurements.

Thanks for replying. Unfortunately, I've already returned the DAC and RCA to XLR adapter. So now I've just got the TV, which can send Dolby Digital or PCM signal through SPDIF output, and the powered monitor (as well as a section of XLR cable). The back of the monitor looks like this : http://www.digitaldjtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/krek-rokit-6-review-rear1.jpg so I've got a few options for input, I just don't know what to do to get all of the sound out of the speaker. and yes, I only have one. I also have a KRK R6 passive monitor, but I don't plan on buying an amp unless I can get one for like $50.

Edit: Here are the parts that I had:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EPW7TA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 plugged into the optical port on the TV, then https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ES5Z0DY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 plugged into the RCA ports on the DAC to convert to the XLR cable going into the speaker.

If what wolfodonal suggests don't work you'll need this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EPW7TA the red and white plug in to this and the Optical audio cable will plug into your TV

Can't say I'm an audiophile, but I've been using this for my xb1 since I got it last year. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EPW7TA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Works great with my old Logitech Z-5300e speakers, haven't noticed any background noise, and sound comes in loud and clear.

You could do this.. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008EPW7TA/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1394568313&sr=1-4&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70

Mixed with this

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000I98ZYG/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1394568388&sr=8-1

But that might be too much effort for what it's worth

This should do the trick, http://www.amazon.com/Orei-DA21-Optical-Converter-Headphone/dp/B008EPW7TA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1426296280&sr=8-2&keywords=optical+audio+to+3.5mm

> So I need to find a way to turn the Monitor into a recording device, not a playback device. Is there any way to do this?

Not too sure on that exactly, but I have an alternative for you that may be easier, which is basically how to get the same thing you had with your 360.

The XBox One can output audio over optical, so you simply have to convert that to 3.5mm, and the route to that is a DAC:

What I did when I first got my XBox1 and had a monitor without speakers was I used an optical -> 3.5mm active converter then put it into the line-in/mic port on my motherboard and set the listen option like you did with your 360. (On the XB1 in audio settings you can set it to output audio on the optical.)

This is what I used: https://www.amazon.com/Orei-DA21-Optical-Converter-Headphone/dp/B008EPW7TA It comes with an optical cable, so all you should need is a male-male 3.5mm stereo cable to run between it and the line-in on your computer or speakers. (and a free power outlet)

 

 

(The following is extra information in case you want to output now or in the future to a 5.1 surround sound setup but don't have a receiver that can take XB1 input already)

 

 

I've upgraded since so that the XB1 can output to my surround speakers. I have speakers that have two inputs on them in front/rear/and center. I use Altec Lansing ACS41 for rear and center and Bose Companion 2 for the fronts. Then I have the optical from the XB1 going into one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Panlong-Audio-Digital-Decoder-Converter/dp/B00AMC2J1Y . (Then this one is personal to my system to allow me to easily control volume balance without having to run around to each speaker and disrupting the PC's balance which also go into those speakers.) I have three of these: http://www.sescom.com/product.asp?item=SES-MKP-27 One for Front, Center, and Rear, next to each other on my desk, and then from there they go to the speakers.

I got this one: http://www.amazon.com/Orei-DA21-Optical-Converter-Headphone/dp/B008EPW7TA/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1453096837&sr=8-5&keywords=optical+to+3.5mm+adapter

Aux cables are only a couple bucks on amazon as well.

Easy enough; your Xbox has Optical Out for audio. You can bypass the monitor altogether. Just grab an Optical to 3.5mm adapter (like this one: https://www.amazon.com/OREI-Digital-Analog-Audio-Converter/dp/B008EPW7TA)

And plug an optical cable in from the Xbox to this adapter, and then a 3.5mm audio cable from the adapter to your speakers. Amazon makes an AmazonBasics one here for cheap: https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-3-5mm-Stereo-Audio-Cable/dp/B00NO73MUQ/

You might need to play with the Audio Output settings menu on your Xbox, but I think this will work!

this might work

Hi.

Would this do?

• Orei DA21X Premium Optical SPDIF/Coaxial Digital to RCA L/R Analog Audio Converter with 3.5mm Jack Support Headphone/Speaker Outputs
  
  
• AmazonBasics Digital Optical Audio Toslink Cable

In another thread on another forum, the answer is to buy this:

https://sewelldirect.com/sewell-51-dtsdolby-digital-to-analog-converter-35mm-output

https://www.amazon.com/Orei-DA21-Optical-Converter-Headphone/dp/B008EPW7TA

Uh..... ok then.

Seems like this is my option without pulling the receiver out of the basement...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008EPW7TA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_wkG2Bb4FR59PD

I play everything off the shield tv... But don't see an option to send audio anywhere but through HDMI.

Get an Optical audio cable, attach it to a digital to analog converter Here's one, plug in any headphones.

Edit: Bonus, that one comes with a optical audio cable.

You say your TV still has sound coming from the speakers when you have RCA plugged in... There should be an option under "sound" enabling you to turn the TV speakers off.

But, here's what I did to solve your dilemma: I bought this bad boy, which is an optical audio to rca/headphone adapter. I also bought a cheap toslink cable.

So, you plug the toslink cable into the toslink port at the back of your Xbox One, attach that cable to the converter, and then plug the RCA red/white cables of your speakers into the converter. And you're set.

This ran me something like 25 dollars, which is cheaper than the Xbox adapter.

Here are some links for the product in the above comment for different countries:

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Orei-DA21-Optical-Converter-Headphone/dp/B008EPW7TA/


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Yeah I did look at that option as well. Using a simple DAC such as this, I can get away with PM6004 as well. I am just concerned about adding another piece of equipment to the mix. If TV can be taken care of using this then I will most probably get the PM6004 or A-S500.

Can anyone comment on the performance for a simple budget DAC or Optical Coax converter as opposed to a more expensive DAC such as Emotiva or Music Hall?

http://www.amazon.com/Orei-DA21-Optical-Converter-Headphone/dp/B008EPW7TA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413470950&sr=8-1&keywords=optical+to+stereo