Review on eSynic Digital to Analog Audio Decoder 3 Port Optical SPDIF Toslink: Reliable Audio Switcher Splitter with Power Adapter & DTS AC3 2.0 LPCM Support by Daniel Steele

I bought this product because my parents like to use the external soundbar and TV ears combo with their TV and peripherals (e.g. a satellite box). The problem was that they had to replace their satellite set-top box and lost the analog outputs because the new set-top box only had digital. Your television ears are analog and digital are very expensive. So what to do? We have optical audio from their smart TVs, so no matter what they're watching, all the audio is going through the same cable. It first enters this splitter on input 1 (there are 3 optical inputs and you select which one to use by pressing the toggle button - you'll know which one is in use as the LED will light up next to the selected input). From this box I run another optical cable to their soundbar and an analogue left/right cable to their TV ears. While you can toggle which input you want, it outputs audio to ALL connected devices, which is what I wanted. Now they can hear sound on the soundbar and in their TV ears at the same time, and if they don't want to hear either of them, they just turn it off. The box plugs into a standard power plug, is installed and tested in less than 5 minutes. It came with an optical cable which wasn't clear in the description so I bought an extra one so I now have a spare. A small design issue (which has NOT affected the functionality of the product) is that when the optical cable is plugged into the box (on the output side) the interface is slightly sunken into the box. Either I pressed too hard or the socket doesn't sit well on the box. It didn't affect the sound or communication in any way, so it could just be a small amount of solder that wasn't added. was made or accessed by the user. Great box that does exactly what I need at a great price.