While wireless audio is likely our future, cables will almost certainly remain part of our audio and home cinema set-ups for years to come. So it pays to know a thing or two about the different types ...

In my office at work, I use my MacBook Pro (Santa Rosa 2.4G) with optical-out audio via a TOSLink cable (Belkin PureAV) into a Philips HT receiver I got for free. I realize that it's not the highest ...

If you’re bought yourself a swanky new TV and want to connect it to your A/V system, you’ll have the option of a few different cable types to use. There are classics like 3.5mm and optical, but you’re ...

The Power Macintosh G5 is the first Mac model to incorporate support for digital optical audio, both in and out. By definition, optical audio provides a fiber optic digital audio connection used to ...

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 ...

HDMI was marketed as an easy fix for improving the sound quality of your home theater experience. The reality is that HDMI ARC/eARC don’t always work as advertised. Understanding this dilemma, almost ...

I did some research a number of years ago about getting discrete 5.1 or 7.1 audio from either an onboard or dedicated sound card when using a digital connection such as SPDIF/Optical to a capable ...

The new Apple TV looks largely the same as its predecessors, but its ports around back have been revised, removing optical audio output, and using USB-C for restoring the device through its service ...

What just happened? Two hackers have successfully extended the range of Toslink optical audio cables, enabling data transmission over unprecedented distances. While the practical applications may be ...