Although it often refers to the optical TOSLINK cable, there are four cable types supported by the S/PDIF specification. See S/PDIF. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction ...

My music server (an old desktop PC) finally died and I'm looking to build a new box to replace it. Due to the age of my receiver, I need the new server to output digital audio via an S/PDIF coaxial ...

Wait just a second there, vaquero. We know you're invigorated, but you should probably attempt to digest the price tag here before blowing a gasket in excitement. Bel Canto-- not known for trickling ...

I'm connecting my new Squeezebox Duet to a DAC via Spdif. Both ends have an RCA termination. Will any old interconnect work here or is there some magic ju-ju that comes from a digital cable? One is ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Last time we looked at the standards for the professional digital audio interface, AES3-2003 and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. AES3id, the unbalanced physical form of the AES3 digital audio standard, is not the only type of ...

While it is easy to say that Creative owns the gaming sound card market today, they dont own everything. What happens when a large company has a market segment all to itself is that innovation slows ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you want to take full advantage of your PC’s audio potential, you should connect your rig to ...

The discrete soundcard market is largely dominated by Creative with its line of X-Fi sound solutions, and the company has said many times over that it's biggest competitor in the market is arguably on ...